AJAX PUT SIX PAST TEN-MAN MIDTJYLLAND

Lele put the Cypriots ahead on 39 minutes then was sent off on 64. R. Nijstad equalised from D. Weidmann's pass, S. Orjasaeter made it 2-1 and Weidmann sealed it. Twente stay among the league-phase leaders on nine points.

The evening turned on Jamie McCart. On 22 minutes the centre-back put through his own net and Thun were ahead. Twelve minutes later Brighton Labeau finished a fast break, left-footed from the centre of the box into the top right corner, and Hearts trailed 2-0 at the break.

“Just not good enough. There are circumstances, but we expected more from ourselves. Obviously disappointed. Individual mistakes are always something that can happen because you are working with human beings. You have to find the energy again. The quality was not top today. We don't have to find excuses because the performance was not good enough. You have to adapt to the pitch.” – Wouter Vrancken, Hearts head coach, via BBC Sport

“[Stephen Kingsley] wanted to play. This game was important and it's always a risk. It's also a risk playing players who have played six or seven games in a row with two days in between. This is the situation we are in.” – Wouter Vrancken, Hearts head coach, via BBC Sport

After the restart Furkan Dursun made it three. Nils Reichmuth's cross from a corner found him at the left side of the six-yard box; the finish went in, VAR checked it, and the Swiss lead was three. Hearts had more of the ball — 54 per cent possession and 15 shots — but Niklas Steffen and a stubborn home defence kept them out until late.

Jordi Altena kept swinging dangerous set-pieces. On 82 minutes another free-kick delivery found Stuart Findlay, who rose to head into the top right corner. Too little, too late. Thun had already had a fourth ruled out for offside after Beau Reus tipped Nassim Zoukit onto the bar.

Hearts had called up teenagers Matthew Gillies and Gus Stevenson from Stenhousemuir loans just to pad a 19-man travelling party. Calvin Miller is out for two months; Tomas Magnusson is sidelined with concussion. One point from three games, three matches left, and the Conference League road is looking long from Tynecastle.

Y. Cimignani opened on 11 minutes from D. Dos Santos's pass. Ezgjan Alioski made it two on 24 and Dos Santos finished the first-half blitz on 32 from B. Karimov's assist. Lugano remain perfect after three games.