Summary

  • Shankland converts from spot after RFS defender penalised for handball

  • Gordon makes three instinctive saves & Shankland spurns great chance

  • Forrest adds late second on break for Scottish side

  • Defender Halkett returns for Hearts but leaves field injured

  • Hearts lost opening Group A match 4-0 to Istanbul Basaksehir; RFS drew 1-1 with Fiorentina in Italy

  1. Postpublished at 90mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Hearts are camped inside their own half as we enter four minutes of stoppage time.

    Can they hold out?

  2. 'Getting deeper is asking for trouble'published at 21:49 BST 15 September 2022

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Craig Levein
    Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound in Riga

    Quote Message

    Stephen Kingsley is dealing with a player a good few inches taller him. If Hearts keep getting deeper, they're asking for trouble

  3. Postpublished at 87mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Hearts are three minutes away from securing their first European group stage win since 2004.

  4. 'Hearts need to dig in'published at 21:45 BST 15 September 2022

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Stephen Craigan
    Former Motherwell defender on BT Sport

    Quote Message

    Hearts have got to dig in. Their bodies will be tired and their minds will be fatigued, but they need to avoid individual errors

  5. Postpublished at 84mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Another dangerous cross into the Hearts penalty box and somehow unmarked RFS top scorer Andrej Ilic fails to make contact eight yards out and the ball flashes across Craig Gordon's goal.

  6. YELLOW CARD Haring (Hearts)published at 82mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Hearts midfielder Peter Haring is a tad unfortunate to be shown yellow for that challenge.

  7. YELLOW CARD Panic (RFS)published at 81mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    RFS midfielder Stefan Panic is next to go into the referee's book for a foul as winger Alan Forrest makes an impact as a substitute by being fouled.

  8. Double change for Heartspublished at 79mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Winger Alan Forrest and striker Stephen Humphrys are on for Josh Ginnelly and Lawrence Shankland in like-for-like Hearts changes.

  9. RED CARD Morozs (RFS)published at 21:39 BST 15 September 2022

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Home head coach Viktors Morozs is sent to the stand.

    Having been shown a yellow card complaining about Craig Gordon's hand ball outside the penalty box, he continued to complain to the officials and they have had enough.

  10. Postpublished at 75mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Pavels Steinbors to RFS's rescue again, the goalkeeper saving Andy Halliday's low drive at his feet.

  11. GREAT SAVE!published at 74mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Superb saves at both end.

    Craig Gordon has to claw away an inswinging corner off his line.

    Hearts counter and Josh Ginnelly finds Lawrence Shankland and Pavels Steinbors has to beat it away.

    The RFS number one hardly has time to gather his thoughts before he is turning a long-range effort from Stephen Kingsley wide of the post.

  12. 'Hearts allowing RFS into game'published at 21:34 BST 15 September 2022

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Craig Levein
    Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound in Riga

    Quote Message

    Hearts need to be careful. I feel like they're allowing RFS into the game by being less forceful in their attacking play

  13. YELLOW CARD Gordon (Hearts)published at 73mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Craig Gordon earns himself a booking as the Hearts goalkeeper flicks an arm deliberately at the ball just outside of the penalty box as he chases to a long ball.

    Dangerous position to concede a set-piece.

  14. Postpublished at 21:32 BST 15 September 2022

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Is that change, introducing the more defensive Peter Haring, a sign that Hearts boss Robbie Neilson wants to shut up shop and hold on to what he has?

    It could be a dangerous strategy given RFS have been a threat and you don't want to give them confidence that appeared to be seeping out of them.

  15. Haring on for Grantpublished at 68mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Hearts boss Robbie Neilson makes his second substitution of the evening following that early loss of Craig Halkett to injury.

    Another Austrian, Peter Haring, replaces Jorge Grant in midfield.

  16. Postpublished at 65mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    RFS haven't really caused the Hearts defence many problems in this second half.

    But Ziga Lipuscek loops a high cross into the visiting penalty box on to the head of Andrej Ilic, but RFS's top scorer is under pressure and too far out to trouble goalkeeper Craig Gordon with a flicked header that drifts wide.

  17. 'Grant in the mood'published at 21:24 BST 15 September 2022

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Stephen Craigan
    Former Motherwell defender on BT Sport

    Quote Message

    Jorge Grant would have been disappointed with his sending off against Zurich, but he's been in the mood tonight

  18. Postpublished at 63mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    RFS survive another period of Hearts pressure, with goalkeeper Pavels Steinbors looking as comfortable in the air as Eddie The Eagle.

  19. Double change for RFSpublished at 58mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    The home side bring on the reinforcements.

    Kevin Friesenbichler replaces fellow Austrian Tomas Simkovic - a striker for a midfielder as the hosts chase the game - while Vladislavs Sorokinsfor is on for Jovan Vlalukin in defence.

  20. Postpublished at 56mins

    RFS 0-1 Heart of Midlothian

    Josh Ginnelly has been Hearts' most effective attacker and the winger sends a superb outswinging cross towards Lawrence Shankland, but the striker fails to get a touch on the inviting ball.