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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Expected Hearts fixture changes due to European football commitments

Expected Hearts fixture changes due to European football commitments

EVERY professional club in Scotland now knows their league schedule for the season ahead.

The SPFL released the full list of fixtures for all 42 clubs across the Premiership, Champions, League One and Two this morning.

While for most clubs these will be set in stone, for a few, various dates are subject to change. 

Falling into that category this year are Hearts.

Robbie Neilson guided his side to third place last term, as well as a Scottish Cup final.

In doing so, the Jambos secured guaranteed European group stage football.

They will enter the Europa League play-off round, with just two-games standing between them and a massive money-spinner in UEFA's secondary competition.

Should they not prevail in that tie though, they have the safety net of dropping into the Europa Conference League, which will still have his financial perks.

European football means that Hearts will have to play matches on a Thursday and Sunday during the first half of the campaign.

So here are the eight games which will be moved in order to facilitate their schedule.

Celtic (A) Saturday August 20

St Johnstone (H) Saturday August 27

St Mirren (H) Saturday September 10

Motherwell (A) Saturday September 17

Kilmarnock (A) Saturday October 8

Aberdeen (A) Saturday October 15

Ross County (A) Saturday October 29

Motherwell (H) Saturday November 5

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