Heart of Midlothian vs Omonia Nicosia, 2024-25 UEFA Conference League, League Phase

· UEFA Conference League
Heart of Midlothian
  • 16': Alan Forrest
  • 23': Blair Spittal
FT
2 - 0
Omonia Nicosia

    About

    Heart of Midlothian are hosting Omonia Nicosia at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Conference League.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lawrence Shankland with a headed pass.
    • 3': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 3': Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 3': Delay in match because of an injury Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 5': Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 5': Foul by Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 6': Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 7': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Alpha Diounkou.
    • 15': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 15': Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Offside, Omonia Nicosia. Mariusz Stepinski is caught offside.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenneth Vargas.
    • 16': Goal! Heart of Midlothian 1, Omonia Nicosia 0. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
    • 18': Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Novica Erakovic (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 19': Foul by Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 19': Mariusz Stepinski (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Forrester.
    • 22': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Fabiano.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Frankie Kent (Heart of Midlothian) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Blair Spittal with a cross following a corner.
    • 23': Goal! Heart of Midlothian 2, Omonia Nicosia 0. Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kenneth Vargas.
    • 27': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 27': Senou Coulibaly (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Foul by Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 27': Novica Erakovic (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Foul by Amine Khammas (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 27': Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Veljko Simic (Omonia Nicosia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Amine Khammas with a cross.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Stephen Kingsley.
    • 33': Offside, Omonia Nicosia. Veljko Simic is caught offside.
    • 37': Offside, Omonia Nicosia. Amine Khammas is caught offside.
    • 38': Foul by Malachi Boateng (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 38': Novica Erakovic (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Foul by Filip Helander (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 38': Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Adam Forrester (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Willy Semedo (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 41': Foul by Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 41': Veljko Simic (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Kye Rowles.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Filip Helander (Omonia Nicosia) with an attempt from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Amine Khammas with a cross following a corner.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 44': Amine Khammas (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Forrest.
    • 45': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Senou Coulibaly.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Adam Forrester.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Filip Helander (Omonia Nicosia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 2, Omonia Nicosia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Heart of Midlothian 2, Omonia Nicosia 0.
    • 47': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 47': Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Foul by Adam Forrester (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 48': Adam Forrester (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 49': Foul by Veljko Simic (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 49': Malachi Boateng (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Amine Khammas (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lawrence Shankland.
    • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Veljko Simic (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 53': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Loizos Loizou replaces Veljko Simic because of an injury.
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 56': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Adam Forrester.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Filip Helander (Omonia Nicosia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mateo Maric with a cross following a corner.
    • 57': Craig Gordon (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card.
    • 58': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Foul by Adam Forrester (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 59': Foul by Kenneth Vargas (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 59': Novica Erakovic (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Willy Semedo (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 60': Blair Spittal (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 60': Foul by Senou Coulibaly (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 62': Foul by Senou Coulibaly (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 62': Malachi Boateng (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 62': Senou Coulibaly (Omonia Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 63': Foul by Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 63': Novica Erakovic (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Foul by Alpha Diounkou (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 63': Stephen Kingsley (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Daniel Oyegoke replaces Adam Forrester.
    • 64': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Jorge Grant replaces Kenneth Vargas.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Malachi Boateng.
    • 65': Foul by Lawrence Shankland (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 65': Senou Coulibaly (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Novica Erakovic.
    • 67': Foul by Daniel Oyegoke (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 67': Willy Semedo (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 68': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Mariusz Stepinski.
    • 68': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Giannis Masouras replaces Alpha Diounkou.
    • 68': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Saidou Alioum replaces Willy Semedo.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Andronikos Kakoullis (Omonia Nicosia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amine Khammas.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Loizos Loizou (Omonia Nicosia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 71': Corner, Omonia Nicosia. Conceded by Kye Rowles.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Saidou Alioum (Omonia Nicosia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Charalampos Charalampous.
    • 73': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Yan Dhanda replaces Blair Spittal.
    • 73': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. James Penrice replaces Alan Forrest.
    • 75': Foul by Amine Khammas (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 75': Yan Dhanda (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Charalampos Charalampous (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Foul by Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 79': Offside, Omonia Nicosia. Amine Khammas is caught offside.
    • 80': Offside, Heart of Midlothian. Lawrence Shankland is caught offside.
    • 81': Delay in match (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Mateo Maric (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 83': Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Fotis Kitsos replaces Amine Khammas.
    • 84': Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Barrie McKay replaces Stephen Kingsley.
    • 89': Fotis Kitsos (Omonia Nicosia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 89': Foul by Yan Dhanda (Heart of Midlothian).
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Andronikos Kakoullis (Omonia Nicosia).
    • 90'+3': Frankie Kent (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Filip Helander.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Heart of Midlothian 2, Omonia Nicosia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Heart of Midlothian 2, Omonia Nicosia 0.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 18
    2 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 4
    1 Saves 1
    61.7 Possession 38.3
    9 SHOTS 12
    1 ON GOAL 3
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    495 Accurate Passes 264
    578 Passes 358
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    7 Accurate Crosses 6
    22 Crosses 14
    0.3 Cross % 0.4
    46 Long Balls 64
    19 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    1 Blocked Shots 5
    5 Effective Tackles 17
    13 Tackles 26
    0.4 Tackle % 0.7
    8 Interceptions 10
    17 Effective Clearances 19
    17 Clearances 19

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Conference League

    Venue: Tynecastle Park
    Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
    Attendance: 17,178

    UEFA Conference League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Chelsea 2 +5 6
    2 Fiorentina 2 +4 6
    3 Legia Warsaw 2 +4 6
    4 FC Lugano 2 +4 6
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    HOM Heart of Midlothian (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Craig Gordon (GK) Yellow Card
    15 Kye Rowles
    2 Frankie Kent
    3 Stephen Kingsley
    35 Adam Forrester Yellow Card
    14 Cameron Devlin
    18 Malachi Boateng
    17 Alan Forrest
    77 Kenneth Vargas
    16 Blair Spittal
    9 Lawrence Shankland Yellow Card
    Heart of Midlothian Substitutes:
    Zander Clark, Callum Sandilands, Jorge Grant, Liam Boyce, Daniel Oyegoke, Andrés Salazar, Barrie McKay, James Wilson, Yan Dhanda, James Penrice, Macauley Tait, Craig Halkett.

    OMON Omonia Nicosia (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    40 Fabiano (GK)
    4 Filip Helander
    5 Senou Coulibaly Yellow Card
    20 Mateo Maric Yellow Card
    24 Amine Khammas
    2 Alpha Dionkou
    76 Charalampos Charalampous
    80 Novica Erakovic
    7 Willy Semedo
    21 Veljko Simic
    14 Mariusz Stepinski
    Omonia Nicosia Substitutes:
    Ádám Lang, Charalambos Kyriakides, Giannis Masouras, Angelos Neophytou, Francis Uzoho, Andronikos Kakoulis, Ioannis Kousoulos, Saidou Alioum Moubarak, Ewandro, Loizos Loizou, Nikolas Panagiotou, Fotios Kitsos.

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