Thun vs Hearts: Prediction, Tips and Odds | Conference League

Hearts head to Switzerland on Thursday with a long injury list, needing a first league-phase win in the Conference League against Thun, who have yet to score in the competition.

Kick-off at the Stockhorn Arena is at 5:45pm UK time (6:45pm local), with Hearts 28th and Thun 32nd in the 36-team table after two matchdays.

Thun vs Hearts preview and form guide

Hearts have won only one of their last five matches in all competitions, and the run includes a 7-1 defeat at Celtic on 18 October.

A 2-1 loss to Hibernian in the League Cup semi-final at Hampden on 1 November ended their run in that competition and cost them Calvin Miller, who was injured in the first half.

Miller had scored eight goals in all competitions before that game and is the designated penalty taker, so Hearts are without their leading scorer and their usual spot-kick option.

The goals have rarely dried up, as Hearts have scored in 19 of their last 20 competitive games, with Claudio Braga and Miller level on five Premiership goals each.

Defence is the bigger worry, with 13 goals conceded in those five matches and a single clean sheet, the 2-0 win at Motherwell on 25 October.

Thun are the reigning Swiss champions yet sit ninth in their division and 32nd in the 36-team Conference League table, after 1-0 losses at Twente and at home to Hajduk Split.

Thun lost to a 17th-minute goal against Hajduk Split despite Niklas Steffen saving a penalty in the 68th minute, after Patrik Kristal's red card had cost them at Twente.

Home form is the other concern, as Thun have lost their last four games at the stadium in all competitions, including a 3-2 defeat to Lugano on 25 October.

There are positives in attack, though, because Thun won 5-4 at Lausanne on 1 November and Brighton Labeau leads their line in the Super League, where they sit ninth with 13 points from 12 games.

Gian-Luca Privitelli is in his first season as a senior head coach after succeeding Mauro Lustrinelli in the summer, and a 7-0 first-leg defeat at Lech Poznan in the Europa League play-off remains the low point so far.

Team news and predicted lineups for Thun vs Hearts

Hearts team news

Wouter Vrancken is without Calvin Miller, Rogers Mato, Oisin McEntee, Christian Borchgrevink, Harry Milne and Tom Renaud.

Tomas Magnusson is expected to partner Laurent Mendy in a central midfield that is short of numbers, with Renaud among the injured and Sabri Guendouz an option if Vrancken rotates.

UEFA registration rules limit Vrancken further, with Craig Halkett, Yan Dhanda, Blair Spittal and Ageu among ten players who are not on the European list and cannot play regardless of fitness.

James Wilson is fully fit and expected to play behind Claudio Braga, although Falkirk visit Tynecastle on Sunday and Vrancken may rotate where the thin squad allows.

Hearts predicted lineup vs Thun

Reus; Altena, Fagan-Walcott, McCart, Kingsley; Mendy, Magnusson; Kerjota, Wilson, McPake; Braga.

Thun team news

Thun are without Genis Montolio, who is recovering from a cruciate ligament injury, and Fabio Saiz, who is out for the season, with Louis Passavant, Mats Seiler and Marc Gutbub also unavailable.

Patrik Kristal is available again after serving his one-match ban, so Gian-Luca Privitelli is expected to keep the 4-4-2 that won at Lausanne, with Brighton Labeau and Furkan Dursun up front.

Marco Burki and Jan Bamert are the likeliest centre-back pairing, although Nicolas Burgy started at Twente and Privitelli could change a few places with a Super League game three days later.

Thun predicted lineup vs Hearts

Steffen; Fehr, Bamert, Burki, Mambwa; Reichmuth, Zoukit, Kait, Kristal; Dursun, Labeau.

Head-to-head record: Thun vs Hearts

Thursday is the first meeting between the two clubs, so there is no previous result to lean on and no recent head-to-head to weigh.

Thun have also never played a Scottish side in European competition, so Privitelli has no earlier match to study beyond Hearts' recent games.

Both sides start the night in elimination places, with four league-phase matchdays left including this one, so a first win would matter more than usual.

The fixtures that follow raise the stakes, with Hearts hosting Monaco and Thun travelling to Ajax on 26 November.

Our Thun vs Hearts prediction and betting tips

Our selections lean towards a low-scoring Thun win, as Hearts are short of their leading scorer and most of their senior midfielders while Thun still have a striker who has scored regularly in the league.

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Odds correct as of Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 19:45 GMT.