Istanbul Basaksehir v Hearts predictions: Turkish outfit look far too strong

Free football tips, best bets and analysis for Istanbul Basaksehir v Hearts in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.

Where to watch

BT Sport 3, 3.30pm Thursday

Best bet

Istanbul Basaksehir to win to nil
1pt 23-20 BoyleSports

Match preview

Hearts sign off their Conference League campaign with a thankless trip to the edge of Asia to shackle merciless Istanbul Basaksehir.

The Turks are top of Group A and will probably need to beat Hearts to finish there.

And after winning both their home games – 3-0 against Fiorentina and 3-0 against Riga – the injury-hit Jambos are going to struggle to land too many blows.

Second in the Super Lig, Istanbul have played 12 home league and European matches this season and conceded just five goals.

For Hearts this European adventure has been tough and surely now Robbie Neilson has to box clever, rest players where necessary, and think ahead to Sunday's big showdown with Motherwell.

Emre Belezoglu's men are tough enough anyway and can see off their group campaign with the minimum of fuss.

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