August 25th features a match where Hearts hosts Zürich at Tynecastle Park in a Europa League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Hearts is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 13th minute, then Giorgos Giakoumakis added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Josip Juranović In the end, Hearts was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory. Hearts is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Zürich recorded a 2-1 win against Hearts. Lawrence Shankland scored the first goal for Hearts in the 22nd minute on a penalty, but Guerrero Aguilar got the equalizer for Zürich in the 32nd minute on a penalty But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 34th minute on a goal by Blerim Džemaili. Zürich is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich won by a score of 2 to 1. Lawrence Shankland scored the first goal for Hearts in the 22nd minute on a penalty kick, then Guerrero Aguilar tied it up for Zürich in the 32nd minute on a penalty kick Finally they completed the comback in the 34th minute on a goal by Blerim Džemaili to cap off a wild match.
Donis Avdijaj has been the most prolific scorer on Zürich in the last five matches with two goals. Lawrence Shankland has been the most effective weapon for Hearts lately. The Scotish attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches.