Shankland leads Hearts attack against Fiorentina in Conference League

Lawrence Shankland will lead the line for Hearts as they take on Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League.

Robbie Neilson has named Craig Gordon in goals behind Smith, Neilson, Kingsley, Cochrane in defence with a midfield three of Halliday, Kiomourtzoglou and Grant with Ginnelly and McKay either side of Shankland.

The Serie A side arrive at Tynecastle in poor form with only one win in their last ten games and currently sit 11th in the Italian topflight.

Hearts lost 4-0 to Rangers at the weekend but that came on the back of consecutive wins over Motherwell and Riga.

The win over Riga puts the Edinburgh club ahead of Fiorentina who are bottom on one point while Hearts are in second on three.

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