What does Hearts need to go through in the Conference League?

Updated 25 September 2026, 2026/27 league phase

Hearts will play 6 league-phase matches, 3 at home and 3 away. First match: 15 October, at home against Nordsjælland. In our simulations Hearts go through (24th place or better) in 67% of cases and make the top 8 in 14%. 7 points are usually enough (a team on that total goes through in more than half of the simulations), and 8 points make it almost certain. The biggest matches are against Borac (matchday 5) and Nordsjælland (matchday 1): each result moves the chances by about 39 percentage points.

–league position (not started yet)

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67%chance of going through (top 24)

14%chance of making the top 8

30,000 simulations. Most likely finish: 18th, average 19.5.

Hearts matches

Times in your time zone. Under each match you can see how its result changes the chance of going through. Enter your own prediction and every number on the page updates.

Matchday 1Thursday 15 October, 21:00

HomeNordsjælland –

Win 41%, draw 26%, defeat 33%

Chance of going through:If they win84%If they draw63%If they lose48%
Matchday 2Thursday 22 October, 18:45

AwayTrabzonspor –

Win 24%, draw 25%, defeat 51%

Chance of going through:If they win88%If they draw70%If they lose56%
Matchday 3Thursday 5 November, 18:45

AwayThun –

Win 35%, draw 26%, defeat 38%

Chance of going through:If they win87%If they draw65%If they lose50%
Matchday 4Thursday 26 November, 18:45

HomeMonaco –

Win 23%, draw 25%, defeat 52%

Chance of going through:If they win88%If they draw70%If they lose57%
Matchday 5Thursday 10 December, 21:00

HomeBorac –

Win 58%, draw 23%, defeat 19%

Chance of going through:If they win80%If they draw56%If they lose41%
Matchday 6Thursday 17 December, 21:00

AwayPafos –

Win 31%, draw 26%, defeat 43%

Chance of going through:If they win87%If they draw67%If they lose52%

How many points are needed?

Chance of going through depending on how many points Hearts collect in the league phase.

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17unlikely

18100%

almost certainlikelypossible

Where could Hearts finish?

Final position chances across the simulations.

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White: top 8, yellow: 9th–24th, grey: eliminated.

Projected Conference League table

The league phase has not started yet, so teams are ordered by their average projected position. On the right: chance of going through. The solid line after 8th means a direct place in the round of 16, the dashed line after 24th is the elimination line.

How the league phase works

The Conference League league phase has 36 teams in a single table. Each team plays 6 matches against different opponents, half at home and half away. The top eight go straight into the round of 16. Teams finishing 9th to 24th play a two-legged knockout play-off in February for a place in the round of 16, while 25th to 36th are eliminated.

If teams finish level on points, the order is decided by goal difference, then goals scored, away goals scored, wins, away wins and finally the combined record of their opponents.