Trabzonspor host Hearts: Time, channel and probable starting elevens

In the second week of the UEFA Conference League, Trabzonspor will welcome Scotland's Hearts to Papara Park. The match will kick off on Thursday, 22 October 2026 at 19.45. Belgian referee Lawrence Visser will officiate, and the game can be watched free-to-air on TRT 1.

The expected starting elevens are as follows. Trabzonspor: Onana, Wagner Pina, Chibuike Nwaiwu, Stefan Savić, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Ozan Tufan, Fabinho, Mohamed Salah, Ernest Muçi, Aral Şimşir, Franculino Dju. Hearts: Beau Reus, Christian Borchgrevink, Malachi Fagan Walcott, Jamie McCart, Harry Milne, Oisin McEntee, Laurent Mendy, Calvin Miller, Cláudio Braga, Josh McPake, James Wilson.

With this match, the Bordeaux-Blues will play their 159th game in European competitions. In the 158 matches they have played so far, the team has recorded 57 wins, 39 draws and 62 defeats. Trabzonspor have scored 198 goals against their opponents and conceded 216. The club's European journey began in the 1976/1977 season.

The Hearts match will be Trabzonspor's 10th game in the Conference League. In this competition the team has played 9 matches, with 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats, scoring 11 goals and conceding 14. The side won their first Conference League match of the season 4-2 away at KuPS Kuopio, after failing to get the result they wanted in either leg against Ferencvaros in the UEFA Europa League play-off round.

The last time Trabzonspor were drawn against a Scottish opponent was in the 1997/1998 season, when they faced Dundee United in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. They won the first leg 1-0 at home and drew the second leg 1-1 to advance. The Bordeaux-Blues will face a Scottish team again after 29 years.