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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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David Irvine

Hearts to face Viktoria Plzen or FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in Europa League play-off

Hearts will face the winners of FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih and FC Viktoria Plzen in the play-off round of the Europa League.

Steven Naismith's side will take on either the Ukrainian or Czech club dependent on the third qualifying round of the competition.

Hearts were second out of the pot so will play away before playing the second leg in Edinburgh.

The first leg of the tie will be played on Thursday, August 22 with the return fixture one week later on Thursday, August 29 at Tynecastle.

Should Hearts progress then they will enter the league phase of the Europa League, defeat would see them drop into the league phase of the UEFA Conference League.

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