Sturm Graz vs Hearts LIVE as Jurgen Heil puts the tie beyond Jambos

It's now time for Hearts to reap their rewards from last season.

A campaign that looked like delivering the ultimate prize with just minutes left ended in heartbreak and second place after leading the way in the Premiership for so long.

Now the Champions League qualifying rounds are upon them.

It's been a summer of change at Tynecastle and new boss Wouter Vrancken takes his new-look squad to Austria to face Sturm Graz.

The Belgian blending old faces from last season with new Jamestown Analytics-approved recruits as he looks to impose his own style in Gorgie.

Powerhouse french forward Amadou Ba-Sy has been added to the 22-man pool for this one in place of Rogers Mato after the former proved his fitness following an illness by bagging a brace against Rayo Vallecano last Friday.

Victory over two legs now will mean the worst case scenario for Hearts is Europa League group stage football.

Fenerbahce will likely lie in wait, while defeat will almost certainly mean a clash with Portuguese giants Benfica.

But that's a worry for after next week's second leg as the capital club look to take a result back to Edinburgh that still gives them a realistic chance of progressing to QR3.

Hearts: Schwolow, Borchgrevink, McCart, Fagan-Walcott, Milne, McEntee, Spittal, Miller, Kyzirids, Braga, Kabore.

Subs: Fulton, Clarke, Kingsley, Renaud, Findlay, Guendouz, Wilson, Magnusson, Altena, Kerjota, Ba-Sy.

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