Heart Of Midlothian vs 20.08.26 18:452 – 2Full Time
Rapid Vienna — UEFA Europa Conference League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Heart of Midlothian and Rapid Vienna share the points in Europa Conference League playoff
Heart of Midlothian and Rapid Vienna drew 2-2 in the UEFA Europa Conference League playoff round at Tynecastle Park, a result built on a fightback from the home side after they had trailed at the interval. Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao, assisted by Matthias Seidl, put the visitors ahead in the 31st minute and Rapid Vienna took that lead into the break.
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The second half turned on a bizarre sequence either side of the hour mark. Raux-Yao turned the ball into his own net in the 56th minute to level the score, and six minutes later James Wilson, teeing off Cláudio Braga's pass, put Heart of Midlothian 2-1 up. Rapid Vienna responded through Nikolaus Wurmbrand, who finished off a Nicolas Bajlicz assist in the 79th minute to make it 2-2, a scoreline that held to the final whistle.
Heart of Midlothian dominated territory without translating it fully into clear chances, managing 16 shots to Rapid Vienna's seven despite having just 41% of the ball. The visitors committed 14 fouls to the hosts' seven as the game grew increasingly stretched, while Manfredas Lukjancukas issued a yellow card to each side over the course of the contest.
Wilson scored Heart of Midlothian's second goal and finished with a match-high rating of 7.5, edging out teammates Blair Spittal and Oisin McEntee who both rated 7.3.
Heart of Midlothian's 16 shots to Rapid Vienna's seven underlined their territorial dominance despite holding less of the ball.
Heart Of Midlothian and Rapid Vienna drew 2–2 (half-time 0–1).
Heart Of Midlothian met Rapid Vienna in the UEFA Europa Conference League (Playoff round). Kick-off was Thursday, 20 August 2026, 18:45 UTC at Tynecastle Park. Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas.
Team pages: Heart Of Midlothian · Rapid Vienna · UEFA Europa Conference League
Key moments
- 31' Goal: Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (assist: Matthias Seidl) — 0–1
- 56' Goal (own goal): Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao — 1–1
- 62' Goal: James Wilson (assist: Cláudio Braga) — 2–1 · Watch James Wilson's goal video (62')
- 79' Goal: Nikolaus Wurmbrand (assist: Nicolas Bajlicz) — 2–2
Starting line-ups
Heart Of Midlothian (4-2-3-1)
Rapid Vienna (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Heart Of Midlothian 22%, the draw 22%, Rapid Vienna 56%. It finished Heart Of Midlothian 2–2 Rapid Vienna.
Rapid Vienna's rating gap outweighs Heart Of Midlothian's home ground — Rapid Vienna are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and their cold finishing due to recover on top gives Rapid Vienna a clear lead. The draw at 22% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Rapid Vienna at 56%?
Rapid Vienna sit 241 points higher on our strength rating — 1393 to 1634. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge on the road won 52.0% of 6,029 such games. Rapid Vienna sit -0.48 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.8% of 2,363 such games where the class table expected 36.3%. The 300 most similar past games finished 28–23–49.
Why only 56%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 56% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 22% and Heart Of Midlothian at 22%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.1%. These teams' recent games average 3.3 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 16,946. The goals environment takes 2.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Rapid Vienna have shed 61 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.7% of 9,627 such games vs 34.5% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Rapid Vienna's last five: W-W-W-W — clearly the hotter side on recent results. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.8% of 2185 games when clearly hotter and 42.9% of 3995 when clearly colder.
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About this match
On this page: the Heart Of Midlothian vs Rapid Vienna final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa Conference League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Heart Of Midlothian 2–2 Rapid Vienna. Explore more on the Heart Of Midlothian and Rapid Vienna team pages or the UEFA Europa Conference League page.