Hearts vs Plzen Prediction & Betting Tips (29 August)

The Scottish team is not going through the best period in its history in recent weeks, going 10 matches without the slightest TCC victory and especially only one victory in its last 14 TCC matches... preparation friendlies and the end of last season included. Last weekend, Hearts played in the championship for a fairly significant defeat at Motherwell 3-1 while a few days earlier, they were ousted from the national cup by losing at Falkirk, a 2nd division club. 2-0.

Very clearly, there is no reason for hope for Hearts who will welcome a team in Olympic form. Since the season started, Plzen has simply not lost a single match regardless of the competition. Clearly, the Czechs have been undefeated for eight games for an equally frightening record of 7 victories, 5 successive victories. Unlike the Scots, Plzen has not played in the league, which remains a very important fact, and they have only conceded one goal in their last five victories. To list the successes, against Ceske Budejovice 0-3 and Karvina 5-0 in the league, and twice against the Ukrainians of Kryvbas in the previous round of these Europa League qualifiers 1-2 in the first leg and 1- 0 on return. 

Midfielders Baningime (absent for a very long time) and Nieuwenhof (important) are both injured and will be missing this evening for the last chance match. Arriving from Sevilla FC this summer, Musa Drammeh is also in worrying form and not sure of taking part in this game despite his presence on the bench in the first leg. Same situation regarding the Tait environment. Author of one of his best career seasons last year, Lawrence Shankland (24 goals, 4 assists) will be present to try to revive the hopes of a qualification which seems unexpected. Also present are Vargas (6 goals, 2 assists last year in the league), Japanese midfielder Oda (5 pawns last year in the league), league scorer in the defeat against Motherwell without forgetting Alan Forrest (4 pawns, 5 pancakes last year), and midfielder Grant (4 goals, 4 assists).

There are defections to report on the Czech side, notably the possible withdrawals of Baier (substitute goalkeeper), Hejda (not an appearance again this year ), Sykora (same case), the Frenchman and former OM player, Souaré, without forgetting Durosinmi (6 pawns, 5 caviars last year in the championship), and the very young striker Christophe Kabongo (summer recruit). Rookie Vasulin scored twice against Kryvbas in the previous round and he will be in the mix like the man in form at the start of the season in the league, Pavel Sulc (3 goals), midfielder Jirka (2 goals, 1 assist in the league), and the Brazilian Cadu (4 goals, 7 assists in the league last season). Note that this summer, the massive Chory (12 goals, 5 assists) joined Slavia Prague for 3 million euros.