Dinamo Minsk vs Hearts LIVE as Barrie McKay returns in Azerbaijan

After stopping a run of eight successive defeats at the weekend, Hearts kick off their Euro campaign tonight.

It's a Europa Conference League tie with a difference though, with interim boss Liam Fox forced to take his team to Azerbaijan in order to take on Dinamo Minsk of Belarus.

The country's call to side with Russia following their invasion of Ukraine saw UEFA ban them from hosting European matches within their borders, so Dinamo have had to play in Hungary and now Sumqayit.

So the Jambos will kick things off behind closed doors, although that may not be a bad thing given their start to the season. The Boys in maroon are yet to register their first win, and only scraped a point at home to Ross County on Saturday thanks to Lawrence Shankland's last gasp leveller.

A victory tonight could be the catalyst to kick start their season as the continue to search for a new boss, while setting them up nicely for the remainder of their Euro games against the likes of Omonia, Heidenheim, Cercle Brugge and FC Copenhagen.

Hearts: Gordon, Forrester, Kent, Rowles, Penrice, Baningime, Devlin, Forrest, Spittal, McKay, Shankland. Subs: Clark, Kingsley, Halkett, Oyegoke, Grant, Oda, Boateng, Dhanda, Tait, Boyce, Vargas, Salazar.

We'll have all the action from their opener right here on the LIVE blog.

Betway: Dinamo Minsk vs Hearts match odds

Dinamo Minsk - 6/4

Draw - 11/5

Hearts - 17/10

Betway: 2024/25 Europa Conference League winner odds

Chelsea - 6/4

Real Betis - 4/1

Fiorentina - 11/2

Heidenheim - 12/1

Gent - 16/1

FC Copenhagen, Panathinaikos, Rapid Vienna - 20/1

Guimaraes - 25/1

FC Lugano, LASK Linz, Molde - 33/1

Cercle Brugge, Istanbul Basaksehir, Legia Warsaw - 50/1

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Hearts - 66/1

Hearts: Gordon, Forrester, Kent, Rowles,