Hearts have lost just one of their last 32 games at Tynecastle
Nordsjaelland have just one win in five Danish Superliga games
Hearts drew with Benfica on home soil in the Europa League qualifiers
After the agony of being denied the Scottish title on the final day of last season, Hearts made an inauspicious start to this term under new boss Wouter Vrancken.
The Jambos are very much on the up now, however, and could be meeting Danish side Nordsjaelland at an opportune moment as the league phase of the Conference League gets underway.
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Key Stats
Hearts have lost only once in their last 32 home games
Nordsjaelland won five straight games in qualifying to book their spot in the Conference League league phase
Both teams have scored in nine of Hearts' last 11 games in all competitions
The Jambos have lost only one of their last 12 games
Nordsjaelland have failed to win either of their last two Danish Superliga matches
Both teams have scored in just two of the Danes’ last six competitive games
Hearts have won five of their last seven home games but failed to beat both Benfica and Rapid Vienna at Tynecastle in that sequence
The Edinburgh side have scored two or more goals in each of their last five games at Tynecastle
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The home side must make do without the suspended Tomas Magnusson alongside injured trio Craig Halkett, Tom Renaud and Blair Spittal.
The travelling Danes meanwhile are sweating on fitness issues over Araphat Mohammed and Souleymane Alio.
Need to know
Hearts arrive in good form, with just one defeat in 12 games across all competitions, but the Jambos are without a victory in five European home games (D3, L2) at Tynecastle.
Nordsjaelland have won just once in five Danish Superliga games since the start of September and have lost their opening away game in all four of their appearances in the main stages of European competition.
Prediction
One defeat in 12 games for Hearts has given manager Vrancken some momentum after a slow start in Gorgie.
His side are fresh off a 5-0 win over St Mirren at the weekend and can overcome a visiting Nordsjaelland side that have hit a slump with one win in six games since the end of August.
Claudio Braga made it two goals in four games when finding the net against St Mirren and the Portuguese has the quality to hurt the Danes.
Hearts have scored at least twice in their last five home games and may need multiple goals to win this opening Conference League test.
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