Thun vs Hearts - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams inactive searching for their archetypal triumph successful the Europa League league signifier volition conscionable connected Thursday, arsenic Thun big Hearts astatine Arena Thun. 

The hosts are 32nd successful the standings with nary points from 2 games, portion the visitors are 29th with 1 constituent from 2 fixtures.

Match preview

Thun enjoyed a historical 2025-26 season, winning the Swiss Super League rubric for the archetypal clip successful their past and successful their archetypal twelvemonth backmost successful the top-flight aft earning promotion successful 2024-25.

However, Thun person failed to physique connected that stunning accomplishment successful 2026-27, presently sitting ninth successful the Swiss Super League and suffering elimination from some the Champions League and Europa League qualifiers. 

Thun, arsenic a result, dropped into the Conference League, wherever Gian Luca Privitelli's broadside person mislaid each of their opening 2 league signifier fixtures, losing 1-0 to Twente and Hajduk Split.

Despite their hard play to date, Thun did unafraid a much-needed triumph astatine the weekend, staging a superb precocious comeback to triumph 5-4 against Lausanne-Sport, ending a five-game winless run.

Thun volition besides gully assurance from the caller struggles of opponents Hearts, who are besides winless successful the league signifier and caput into Thursday's lucifer with conscionable 1 triumph successful their past six matches crossed each competitions. 

The Jambos astir precocious endured a disappointing 2-1 decision to rivals Hibernian successful the Scottish League Cup semi-final, with an aboriginal extremity from Claudio Braga cancelled retired by goals from Martin Boyle and Jamie McGrath. 

In the Conference League, Hearts drew their opening crippled 1-1 with Nordsjaelland earlier losing 2-0 to Trabzonspor past clip out, leaving them inactive successful hunt of their archetypal win. 

Wouter Vrancken's broadside person faced a peculiarly pugnacious clip distant from Tynecastle Park successful caller weeks, winning lone 1 of their past 5 distant matches, though that did travel against Motherwell successful their past crippled connected the road.

Thun Conference League form:

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Hearts Conference League form:

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Team News

Thun volition beryllium without Louis Passavant, Genis Montolio, Fabio Saiz, Mats Seiler and Marc Gutbub owed to ongoing wounded issues. 

Thun are yet to people successful the League Phase, and they volition beryllium relying connected Brighton Labeau and Furkan Dursun to yet unfastened their relationship connected Thursday.

Meanwhile, Hearts are contending with galore wounded problems, including Oisin McEntee, Christian Dale Borchgrevink, Harry Milne, Ageu, Blair Spittal, Tom Renaud and Craig Halkett, portion Calvin Miller and Rogers Mato are some doubts. 

James Wilson could regenerate Miller successful attack, starting alongside Braga, Josh McPake and Sabah Kerjota, with Laurent Mendy and Tomas Magnusson successful the mediate of the park.

Thun imaginable starting lineup:

Steffen; Fehr, Burki, Bamert, Mambwa; Reichmuth, Roth, Kait, Maier; Labeau, Dursun

Hearts imaginable starting lineup:

Reus; Altena, Fagan-Walcott, McCart, Kingsley; Kerjota, Magnusson, Mendy, McPake; Wilson, Braga

We say: Thun 0-1 Hearts

Both teams caput into this lucifer disconnected the backmost of hard runs, but with Hearts' violative capabilities and Thun's conflict for goals, we are predicting the distant broadside to win.

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