On Thursday Aug 18th, Hearts and Zürich will play a match in Zürich in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Zürich recorded a 1-1 draw against Winterthur. Francisco Jose Rodriguez struck first for Winterthur in the 73rd minute on a feed from Neftali Manzambi, then Fabian Rohner tied it up for Zürich in the 85th minute earning Zürich at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while hearts is fresh off their 4-1 win against Dundee United. Lawrence Shankland scored the first goal for Hearts in the 1st minute, then Barrie McKay added another in the 48th minute. Hearts is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Lawrence Shankland has been the most prolific scorer on Hearts in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Donis Avdijaj has been the most effective weapon for Zürich lately. The attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.