Hearts manager Robbie Neilson has named his starting XI that will take on St Johnstone this afternoon.
They are without defenders Toby Sibbick and Alex Cochrane through suspension after the pair were sent off against Celtic last Sunday. Stephen Kingsley faced a fitness check after going off with a tight hamstring in Thursday’s Europa League defeat by Zurich and isn't used here.
Meanwhile, Craig Halkett is still out with a hamstring issue, as is long-term absentee Beni Baningime due to ACL damage with Barrie McKay and Lawrence Shankland dropping to the bench. This comes less than 72 hours after their Europa League play-off match with FC Zurich.
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Barrie McKay says the matches against the Swiss champions stand Hearts in good stead ahead of the Europa Conference League group stages matches they'll play this season.
He said: “It was a good occasion, the fans got right behind us from the start and players fed off that energy. You could see that in the first-half performance especially.
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“We were brilliant, it’s probably one of the best performances we’ve had. Going into the next set of European fixtures, it gives us real belief that we can compete at that level, create chances and do really well."
Hearts XI: Gordon, Smith, Haring, Boyce, Mackay-Steven, Atkinson, Devlin, Rowles, Halliday, Neilson, Ginnelly.
Subs: Stewart, Shankland, Forrest, McKay, Henderson, Smith, Darge, Denholm.
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