
Hearts vs. Rosenborg Betting Tips: Two plays for Europa Conference League qualifier

There's a place in the two-legged Europa Conference League play-offs for either Hearts or Rosenborg, but the Scottish side still have it all to do in Edinburgh on Thursday at 7:45pm; falling to defeat in Norway by two goals to one last week.
Hearts vs Rosenborg Tips
Losing the first leg in Norway is certainly no indictment on Hearts or their chances in Edinburgh. With the domestic calendar running from April to December, Rosenborg had ample time to prepare for that first leg - including two second round qualifying ties with Northern Irish club Crusaders a number of weeks ago - and had home advantage right off the bat.
That might cause you to lean more towards backing the Norwegian side to complete the job in this second leg, however, fatigue could well play its part. Svein Maalen's team have taken part in seven games in the last 28 days alone, stretching their tally to 33 this calendar year.
Hearts are likely to be one of the more adequate teams they'll have faced alongside table toppers and fellow UECL qualifying participants Bodo/Glimt and last season's Eliteserien champions Molde.
The SPL outfit finished fourth in the 2022/23 rankings, picking up a significant win and draw over third-placed Aberdeen and runners-up Rangers respectively in the closing stages of that campaign.
Considering the positive start they've had in the league - picking up one win and one draw from matches with St Johnstone and Kilmarnock - and how Rosenborg have already experienced the difficulty in travelling abroad after drawing the previous round's first leg with Crusaders, we're backing Frankie McAvoy's men to claim the victory.
These two-legged European ties, particularly in the qualifying rounds, tend to be quite open-ended. You're propositioning two teams who weren't able to make the cut by virtue of their domestic rankings to prove their worth in a straight shootout.
Rosenborg have discovered the troubles with this already, as both they and Northern Irish outfit Crusaders notched in the pair's two second round meetings; drawing 2-2 in Belfast before the Nordics edged them out 3-2 on home soil.
As we saw with Rangers on Tuesday and in the previous week, qualification for European football is far from plain sailing. BTTS landed in both of their Champions League qualifying legs with Swiss club Servette - which was one of six fixtures to see both sides on the scoresheet from a possible 10 UCL ties on Tuesday.
Hearts' inaugural Conference League campaign last term saw them ship eight goals in home games during the competition's group stages, and we expect Rosenborg to find the net themselves on Thursday.
For SPL viewers, Lawrence Shankland needs no introduction. The 28-year-old rippled the net on 24 different occasions in the league last season, beating European opposition twice during the 2022/23 UECL group stages.
He's made a similar start this time to how he did last term, scoring twice from three outings, including in Trondheim last Thursday. The Glasgow-born striker has established himself as Hearts' main goalscoring threat, which the bookies more than agree with, posting him at odds of around 7/5 to score at any point during the proceedings at Tynecastle Park.

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