Zürich and Hearts will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
Hearts have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Zürich nor Hearts as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Zürich form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa League for Zürich, as the manager Foda led his troops to eliminate Linfield, and reach the Play-offs.The story so far in the Super League for Zürich at their home stadium (Stadion Letzigrund) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Zürich drew their last game, 1-1 away at Winterthur. Rohner was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Winterthur after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Conde got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Conde dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).
There will be little rest for Zürich after this match as they are travelling to Cham for a Swiss Cup game in only three days.
Zürich has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Hearts form and stats
6 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hearts playing as the away team in the league this season.
Shankland, McKay, Grant and Ginnelly scored in Hearts's previous match, the home game against Dundee United that ended 4-1. Attacker Shankland got a player rating of 8.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Shankland scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Hibernian.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Celtic.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hearts have scored 19 goals in 13 league games away. It's not easy to score on Hearts as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. McKay 2 goals |  L. Shankland 2 goals |  F. Rohner 1 goals |
Zürich missing players
Hearts missing players
| Zürich | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 31 | 55 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Sion | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Servette | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Luzern | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Basel | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Winterthur | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 10 | Zürich | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 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 | 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 |
