Hearts Lose 3-1 to Thun Because of Their Own Mistakes

Hearts lost 3-1 to Thun in a UEFA Conference League match played in Switzerland. Missing 10 players due to absences, the team paid a heavy price for the mistakes it made in the match.

Head coach Wouter Vrancken's side fell behind in the 22nd minute when Jamie McCart scored an own goal. That error was the first of several disastrous defensive mistakes the team made. In the 33rd minute, Brighton Labeau doubled the lead. Stephen Kingsley's defensive error was decisive in that goal. Kingsley later went off injured.

Furkan Dursun scored Thun's third goal in the 56th minute. Hearts' only goal came in the 82nd minute, when Stuart Findlay headed it in. Play was stopped for a long time after a smoke pyro flare was lit at the start of the match. Dursun's forearm challenge on Findlay was punished with a yellow card, but many people felt the action deserved a harsher punishment.

In the Conference League, Hearts have taken only one point from a possible nine. The team drew 1-1 at home with Nordsjaelland and lost 2-0 away to Trabzonspor.