Hearts

It looked like being a cruise under the lights against RFS but Hearts were in a game against the Latvians at Tynecastle.

Fresh off the back of a hat-trick against Celtic at the weekend, he was in from the start with Stephen Humphrys out injured. But it was the manner of the defeats that will have disappointed. He made a run beyond Barrie McKay, who went backwards with possession and the left back pulled up with what seemed like a hamstring issue. It's the type of goals he scores that makes the difference. On paper, Hearts have been about par for the course for this group, regardless of what happens in Istanbul next week. Sub Lewis neilson was first to the rebound, but couldn't keep his effort down. It was met by Shankland, but his header came back off the post. Stephen Kingsley was inches from a third just after the half hour mark. After too many games conceding the early this season, Hearts managed to get off the mark within four minutes. Good play down the left allowed Alex Cochrane to cut back for Jorge Grant. The Jambos knew before the game that any small chance of somehow managing to pip Fiorentina to second place was gone after La Viola beat Istanbul Basaksehir 2-1 in Florence. But points mean prize money in this competition, so there was still plenty of incentive to claim all three against a team they'd already beaten during this campaign.