'Copenhagen have players able to decide a game'

Former Celtic forward Mohamed Elyounoussi is one of several Copenhagen players for Hearts to be wary of when the sides clash in the Conference League on Thursday.

The Danish side have just five points from their three games so far - one fewer than Hearts - and urgently need a victory.

Still, they have the quality in their squad in order to do just that, according to Danish football journalist Sebastian Stanbury.

"They have many players who are able to decide a game. Elyounoussi, he's not always the player who takes the game by the scruff of the neck and dictates it, but he very often decides it," Stanbury told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.

"They have a couple of players like that. Viktor Claesson can do it, Andreas Cornelius on a good day can do it. Thomas Delaney, the former national player of Denmark, can do it.

"They have players who are able to decide a game and that's very important for them and has been very important for them."

Stanbury says the feeling in Denmark is that Copenhagen should beat Hearts, but there's some concern given their previous home matches in the competition.

The Danes lost against Polish side Jagiellonia Bialystok, before a 2-2 draw against Istanbul Basaksehir.

"They haven't really been dominating the matches as much as we would have expected considering they are the biggest side in Denmark," Stanbury added.

"They should beat Hearts but they haven't proven this far that they have been able to win those type of matches at home."