Last updated : 14 September 2017 By ed_ScottishFitba
Prince Buaben and Ashley Smith-Brown could be available to Craig Levein when Hearts travel to Hamilton on Saturday. Buaben (hamstring) did not make it for last weekend's drawn game against Aberdeen, while Smith-Brown has been unable to play since joining the club in the summer. However, he managed an hour of the U20s’ defeat at St Mirren in midweek, and the Hearts manager believes both could be in contention for this weekend’s game at the Superseal Stadium.
Levein said: "We’ve got one or two little niggles but I don’t think we’ve got anything that will keep anybody out. Prince wasn’t available last week but he looks like he might be coming back to full fitness. Ash played an hour on Tuesday against St Mirren in the U20s, so he looks like he’s coming to the boil as well. It’s good to get another two players."
Hearts hope to be backed by a travelling support of around 1,300 going by ticket sales. This can only help the visitors on their travels after the squad team has been putting in the effort on the training pitch, so much so that they recorded their highest training stats of the season earlier in the week.
Levein went on: "We’ve trained well this week and worked extremely hard. The training figures on Tuesday were the highest this season. Hamilton are a tough team to play against and we haven’t won there in a while. They’re very well organised and I’m a big fan of Martin Canning and the people at Hamilton. They were going through a tough spell last season and they stuck by him and I like to see that. He’s got the team heading in the right direction. It’ll be a hard game for us. What will be encouraging, I know, is that we have sold a fair number of tickets and there will be quite a big Hearts support travelling through and that will help."
