Heart Of Midlothian FC v FK Rigas Futbola Skola Betting Tips [27 October 2022]

Hearts will play host to Rigas FS with the two sides hoping for a favor in the other game in Group A of the Conference League to give their meeting any relevance. Hearts are third in this group, with three points, one better than bottom placed Rigas. The hosts are looking to advance from this group and that makes this a must-win encounter, though that alone won’t be enough. They need Istanbul Basaksehir to beat Fiorentina in the other game on the night. Hearts need a big improvement to walk away with three points here; they haven’t won any of their last six matches. In their last game, Hearts fell 4-3 at home to Celtic. They’ve now lost five of the last six matches and conceded two or more goals in each of the six matches and failed to score in three.

Rigas are coming from a big win and will be motivated for this game. They thumped Super Nova 4-0 in an away league game and will be targeting a repeat here. That was their second clean sheet in six matches but their first win in that run. In the last four matches, Rigas have failed to score twice. Going into this game, Rigas have failed to score in their last three matches in the Conference League, a run that started with a 2-0 loss at home to Hearts. They have one clean sheet in five Conference League matches, a 0-0 draw with the table toppers, Istanbul Basaksehir. Their only win in the last six Conference League matches came courtesy of post-match penalties.

Both these sides have poor runs and to advance to the next stage of this competition is still within reach but out of their hands. Rigas have been employing a strategy to sit back and hope to hit on the counter, but so far it hasn’t worked for them in this group. They may be tempted to do the same here but Hearts, playing at home, will be going for three points and having scored three times against Celtic in their last game, they will feel capable here. Back the hosts to win this one.