The ten injured Hearts stars and when they might be back to ease Robbie Neilson's fitness nightmare

When your luck is out, it's out and that's certainly been the case for Hearts when it comes to injuries this season.

Robbie Neilson is currently without ten first team regulars after losing another two during Sunday's 2-0 loss away to Aberdeen. Andy Halliday was an early casualty at Pittodrie and Peter Haring a late one as the injury crisis at Tynecastle deepened amidst a poor run of form that has seen the capital side go five matches without a win in recent weeks.

The games aren't getting any easier either, with champions Celtic in town for the Premiership Saturday lunchtime kick-off this weekend. Then it's back to European action at home to Latvian outfit RFS. Robbie Neilson's team still have an outside chance of qualifying from Europa Conference League Group A, but must win against Rigas and hope Istanbul Basaksehir take care of Fiorentina. They then head to Turkey looking for all three points in their final encounter whilst hoping La Viola slip up against RFS.

It's a big enough ask without having almost an entire team in the treatment room. One or two could be back in time for next week, but Neilson is reluctant to rush anyone back in case they end up missing for even longer, especially with World Cup places at stake for some. Record Sport looks at the staggering Hearts injury list and when they are likely to be back in action .

The defender has arguably been the biggest miss for the jambos over the last few weeks. He’s already seen one comeback aborted, which has prolonged his absence from the back line in front of Craig Gordon.

Halkett was forced off after just eight minutes during the Jambos 2-1 defeat against FC Zurich in the first leg of the Europa League playoff round. He was back in action against RFS