Hearts marked their return to European group-stage football with a heavy defeat by Istanbul Basaksehir in the Conference League at Tynecastle.
The visitors led at half-time through Hasan Ali Kaldirim’s fine strike.
Substitute Youssouf Ndayishimiye nodded in the second after Bertrand Traore had hit Craig Gordon’s crossbar.
Deflected efforts from Stefano Okaka and Berkay Ozcan completed Hearts’ defeat in their first European group game in 18 years.
Line-ups
Hearts
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Gordon
- 12AtkinsonBooked at 57mins
- 2Smith
- 3Kingsley
- 19Cochrane
- 17ForrestSubstituted forGinnellyat 60′minutes
- 14DevlinSubstituted forSmithat 73′minutesBooked at 81mins
- 5HaringSubstituted forHumphrysat 45′minutes
- 18McKay
- 16HallidaySubstituted forNeilsonat 87′minutes
- 9ShanklandSubstituted forHendersonat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 11Mackay-Steven
- 13Stewart
- 20Neilson
- 21Sibbick
- 22Henderson
- 27Smith
- 28Clark
- 29Humphrys
- 30Ginnelly
- 39Pollock
Istanbul Basaksehir
Formation 4-3-3
- 16Sengezer
- 42Sahiner
- 5Campos Duarte da Silva
- 59ToubaBooked at 37minsSubstituted forNdayishimiyeat 45′minutes
- 3Kaldirim
- 23Türüç
- 20BigliaSubstituted forTekdemirat 64′minutes
- 8Aleksic
- 9TraoréSubstituted forÖzcanat 73′minutes
- 77OkakaSubstituted forSzyszat 85′minutes
- 7GürlerSubstituted forChouiarat 64′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Babacan
- 11Chouiar
- 15Çelik
- 18Szysz
- 19Özcan
- 21Tekdemir
- 34Arslantas
- 41Koyuncu
- 55Ndayishimiye
- 60Alves de Lima
- 80de Souza Paula Júnior
- 98Dilmen
- Referee:
- Krzysztof Jakubik
- Attendance:
- 15,131
Match Stats
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Match ends, Heart of Midlothian 0, Istanbul Basaksehir 4.
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Second Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 0, Istanbul Basaksehir 4.
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Deniz Türüç (Istanbul Basaksehir) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Alex Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian).
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Deniz Türüç (Istanbul Basaksehir) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Alex Cochrane (Heart of Midlothian).
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Mounir Chouiar (Istanbul Basaksehir) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Josh Ginnelly (Heart of Midlothian).
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Foul by Mounir Chouiar (Istanbul Basaksehir).
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Michael Smith (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Euan Henderson replaces Lawrence Shankland.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Lewis Neilson replaces Andrew Halliday.
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Attempt missed. Patryk Szysz (Istanbul Basaksehir) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Deniz Türüç.
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Substitution, Istanbul Basaksehir. Patryk Szysz replaces Stefano Okaka.
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Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Istanbul Basaksehir 4. Berkay Özcan (Istanbul Basaksehir) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mounir Chouiar.
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Connor Smith (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Danijel Aleksic (Istanbul Basaksehir) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Connor Smith (Heart of Midlothian).
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Attempt missed. Stefano Okaka (Istanbul Basaksehir) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Deniz Türüç with a cross.
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Goal! Heart of Midlothian 0, Istanbul Basaksehir 3. Stefano Okaka (Istanbul Basaksehir) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
