Fiorentina and Hearts get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa Conference League Group Stage fixture.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fiorentina and Hearts.
Fiorentina form and stats
The total Serie A stats playing at home this season for Fiorentina are 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Fiorentina has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Gonzalez was the last player to find the net.
The Fiorentina crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Lazio here at Stadio Artemio Franchi. Fiorentina were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Kouamé, an attacker, was the best performer for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Kouamé hit five key passes.
Before that one, a strong away win at Hearts. A Europa Conference League match.
There will be little rest for Fiorentina after this match as they are travelling to Lecce for a Serie A game in only four days.
Fiorentina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Fiorentina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hearts form and stats
As the visiting team in Europa Conference League matches, Hearts have produced an overall stat of 6-5-2 so far. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 1W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Kilmarnock in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. Hearts's last match (vs Kilmarnock) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Atkinson. Midfield player Snodgrass was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Snodgrass served one assist, hit four key passes and had 53 successful passes (of 63 total).
The match earlier was the Europa Conference League-duel against Fiorentina, a home defeat (0-3).
The schedule is very tough for Hearts now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Aberdeen is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Hearts have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Hearts as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Hearts - Fiorentina 0-3 was the score in these sides' latest head to head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Shankland 4 goals |  A. Forrest 3 goals |  B. McKay 2 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Hearts missing players
| Fiorentina | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 28 | Scored | S | 29 | 43 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 32% | ||
| 7 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 15.7 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 3 |
| 4 | Rīgas FS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Lazio | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | Udinese | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Milan | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Roma | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Inter | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Juventus | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Torino | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Salernitana | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Monza | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Empoli | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Spezia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Lecce | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Bologna | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |
