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Benfica v Heart of Midlothian : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Marco Alexandre Saraiva Da Silva welcomes to the Estádio da Luz on Thursday night, as their Benfica and Heart of Midlothian sides go head to head in the Europa League. Recent form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping Benfica to win, but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?

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Benfica's next match is v AGF Aarhus at 20:00 on Thursday 20th August
Heart of Midlothian's next match is v Falkirk at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd August

The last European Europa League meeting between Benfica and Hearts was on Thursday 6th August 2026

European Europa League

August 6th 2026

Benfica 6	1 Hearts

R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 3'	72' T. Renaud
T. Araújo 23'
V. Pavlidis 42'
G. Prestianni Gross 59'
J. Durán Palacio 87'
A. Schjelderup 90'

	BEF HEA
Shots On	11 2
Shots Off	8 5
Corners	6 2
Possession	67% 33%
Fouls	12 12
Yellow/red cards	2/0 4/0

Benfica	Hearts

C. Lenglet (M. Silva 73') A. Hartmann Bah E. Barrenechea (R. Rios 64') H. Sudakov (A. Schjelderup 64') L. Barreiro Martins V. Pavlidis (J. Durán Palacio 64') S. Jumpe Soares S. Dahl T. Araújo G. Prestianni Gross (J. Kamiński 85') R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva	B. Reus S. Findlay (J. Mccart 46') H. Milne O. McEntee (J. McPake 73') C. Miller B. Spittal C. Soares Braga (S. Guendouz 64') P. Kabore J. Altena (T. Renaud 46') L. Mendy (S. Kerjota 86') A. Kiziridis

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Best Tip: Benfica to win

It looks like we could well have a dominant side in this game, and it's Benfica. Their recent form stats show what they've got in their locker in front of their own fans, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they've got a track record against Hearts too. The odds point towards Marco Alexandre Saraiva Da Silva's side winning in the win / draw / win market, and that's our strong prediction for Thursday morning too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Benfica are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 87% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.11.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Benfica 87%	1/11 6%	-
Draw 9%	10/1 54%	-
Hearts 4%	16/1 25%	-
Benfica 3-0 11%	6/1 13%	-
Benfica 2-0 10%	7/1 7%	-
Benfica 4-0 9%	7/1 15%	-
Benfica 3-1 8%	11/1 9%	-
Benfica 2-1 7%	12/1 30%	-
Benfica 4-1 6%	12/1 13%	-
Benfica 5-0 6%	10/1 29%	-
Benfica 1-0 6%	12/1 30%	-
Benfica 5-1 4%	18/1 17%	-
Draw 1-1 4%	20/1 62%	-
Benfica 6-0 4%	18/1 34%	-
Benfica 3-2 3%	28/1 26%	-
Benfica 6-1 2%	28/1 29%	-
Draw 2-2 2%	33/1 48%	-
Benfica 4-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 77%	1/4 8%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 23%	11/4 25%	-
Home 1st Goal 66%	1/5 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 34%	10/3 15%	-
No 1st Goal 1%	33/1 48%	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	11/10 10%	-
BTTS - No 52%	4/6 7%	-
BTTS - Home Win 38%	6/4 4%	-
BTTS - Draw 7%	12/1 50%	-
BTTS - Away Win 2%	25/1 21%	-
Home/draw 96%	1/200 1%	-
Away/draw 13%	6/1 44%	-
Home/away 91%	1/50 6%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 91%	1/16 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 9%	7/1 23%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 58%	8/13 11%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 42%	6/5 20%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 38%	11/8 21%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 62%	8/15 13%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 22%	3/1 25%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 77%	2/9 10%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 98%	1/200 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 2%	16/1 26%	-
Home DNB 93%	1/40 2%	-
Away DNB 10%	19/2 18%	-
Benfica win to nil 49%	8/11 10%	-
Hearts win to nil 2%	28/1 13%	-
Benfica / Benfica 59%	4/11 11%	-
Benfica / Hearts 2%	80/1	-
Benfica / Draw 3%	28/1 26%	-
Draw / Benfica 19%	10/3 8%	-
Draw / Hearts 3%	33/1 26%	-
Draw / Draw 5%	14/1 36%	-
Hearts / Benfica 4%	18/1	-
Hearts / Hearts 3%	33/1 62%	-
Hearts / Draw 2%	33/1 48%	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Benfica	5 - 0	St Gallen
Benfica	0 - 1	Real Madrid
Benfica	4 - 2	Real Madrid
Benfica	2 - 0	Napoli
Benfica	0 - 1	Leverkusen
Benfica	2 - 3	Qarabag
Benfica	1 - 0	Fenerbahce
Benfica	2 - 0	Nice
Benfica	0 - 1	Barcelona
Benfica	3 - 3	Monaco
Benfica	4 - 5	Barcelona
Benfica	0 - 0	Bologna
Benfica	1 - 3	Feyenoord
Benfica	4 - 0	A.Madrid
Benfica	2 - 1	Marseille
Benfica	2 - 2	Rangers
Benfica	2 - 1	Toulouse
Benfica	3 - 3	Inter
Benfica	0 - 1	R.Sociedad
Benfica	0 - 2	Salzburg

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Benfica	5 - 0	St Gallen
A	Benfica	1 - 2	St Gallen
A	Benfica	1 - 2	Real Madrid
H	Benfica	0 - 1	Real Madrid
H	Benfica	4 - 2	Real Madrid
A	Benfica	0 - 2	Juventus
H	Benfica	2 - 0	Napoli
A	Benfica	2 - 0	Ajax
H	Benfica	0 - 1	Leverkusen
A	Benfica	0 - 3	Newcastle
A	Benfica	0 - 1	Chelsea
H	Benfica	2 - 3	Qarabag
H	Benfica	1 - 0	Fenerbahce
A	Benfica	0 - 0	Fenerbahce
H	Benfica	2 - 0	Nice
A	Benfica	2 - 0	Nice
A	Benfica	1 - 3	Barcelona
H	Benfica	0 - 1	Barcelona
H	Benfica	3 - 3	Monaco
A	Benfica	1 - 0	Monaco

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

6 / 13

Conceded

10 / 13

Clean sheets

3 / 13

Failed to score

7 / 13

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sturm Graz	4 - 0	Hearts
Kobenhavn	2 - 0	Hearts
Cercle B	2 - 0	Hearts
D Minsk	1 - 2	Hearts
Plzen	1 - 0	Hearts
PAOK	4 - 0	Hearts
Rosenborg	2 - 1	Hearts
Istanbul	3 - 1	Hearts
Fiorentina	5 - 1	Hearts
Rigas Futbola Skola	0 - 2	Hearts
Zurich	2 - 1	Hearts
Spurs	0 - 0	Hearts
Sparta	0 - 0	Hearts

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Hearts	0 - 2	Sturm Graz
A	Hearts	0 - 4	Sturm Graz
H	Hearts	2 - 2	Petrocub
A	Hearts	0 - 2	Kobenhavn
A	Hearts	0 - 2	Cercle B
H	Hearts	0 - 2	Heidenheim
H	Hearts	2 - 0	Omnia Nicosia
A	Hearts	2 - 1	D Minsk
H	Hearts	0 - 1	Plzen
A	Hearts	0 - 1	Plzen
A	Hearts	0 - 4	PAOK
H	Hearts	1 - 2	PAOK
H	Hearts	3 - 1	Rosenborg
A	Hearts	1 - 2	Rosenborg
A	Hearts	1 - 3	Istanbul
H	Hearts	2 - 1	Rigas Futbola Skola
A	Hearts	1 - 5	Fiorentina
H	Hearts	0 - 3	Fiorentina
A	Hearts	2 - 0	Rigas Futbola Skola
H	Hearts	0 - 4	Istanbul

Goal Statistics

	Benfica	Hearts
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	3.4 goals	0.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	1 11% 2 19% 3 22% 4 19% 5+ 28% There is a 29% probability that Benfica will score 5 or more goals in this match	0 51% 1 34% 2 12% 3 4+ There is a 51% probability that Hearts will fail to score

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-3 Benfica’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Hearts’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.9 average goals scored	0.6 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2026/2027 season

27%

better

BEF

HEA

view stats

Games scored	18		16
Failed to score	2		4
Scored first	14		10
Goals scored	43		28
Avg. goals scored	2.2		1.4
Avg. shots per game	13		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		8
Conversion rate for	17		13
Avg. XG for	2.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+27%

10%

better

BEF

HEA

view stats

Games conceded	15		13
Clean sheets	5		7
Conceded first	5		10
Goals conceded	21		25
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		6
Conversion rate against	12%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+10%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Benfica v Hearts will show here when available.

Benfica Europa League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	5	1	1
C Lenglet	V Pavlidis	A Bah	A Bah

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Soares GLK	2			-
A Bah DEF	3		1	1 -
T Araújo DEF	2	1		-
C Lenglet DEF	4	1		-
S Dahl DEF	3			-
L Barreiro MID	3		1	-
E Barrenechea MID	4			-
G Prestianni MID	2	1		1 -
H Sudakov MID	4		1	-
R Silva MID	4	2	1	-
V Pavlidis FWD	3	5	1	1 -
Subs
A Trubin GLK	2			-
A Dedic DEF	2			-
Gabriel Queiroz DEF				-
J. Formoso Neto DEF	1		1	-
D Lukébakio MID	2	1	1	-
J Kaminski MID	4		1	-
Manu MID	3			-
R Ríos MID	3			-
A Schjelderup MID	3	1	1	-
Miguel Lebre Monteiro Figueiredo MID	1			-
J Durán FWD	3	1		-
A. Fernandes Reis Cabral FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	6	1	2
V Pavlidis	V Pavlidis	A Bah	A Bah

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Pavlidis FWD	5	6	1	1
R Silva MID	2	2	1	1
T Araújo DEF	1	1		1
C Lenglet DEF	1	1		1
G Prestianni MID	1	3
Subs
D Lukébakio MID	1	1	1
A Schjelderup MID	1	2	1	2
J Durán FWD	1	3
A Bah DEF			1	2
S Dahl DEF		1
L Barreiro MID		4	1	1
H Sudakov MID		4	1	1
Subs
J. Formoso Neto DEF			1
J Kaminski MID			1	1
Manu MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
303	9	12
C Lenglet	Manu	A Bah

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C Lenglet DEF	303	4	9
E Barrenechea MID	196	4	9
S Dahl DEF	174	3	11
T Araújo DEF	172	3	9
A Bah DEF	163	3	12
H Sudakov MID	157	2	8
Subs
Manu MID	149	9	9
R Silva MID	111	2	3
L Barreiro MID	85	4	10
Subs
A Trubin GLK	81
J. Formoso Neto DEF	80	6	8
R Ríos MID	76	5	8
G Prestianni MID	72		6
V Pavlidis FWD	70	2	10
Subs
A Schjelderup MID	61	3	8
A Dedic DEF	56	2	3
J Kaminski MID	44	2	2
D Lukébakio MID	39		2
S Soares GLK	39	1	1
Subs
J Durán FWD	28	1	4
Miguel Lebre Monteiro Figueiredo MID	21	1

Hearts Europa League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	1	1	2
B Reus	T Renaud	S. Guendouz	C. Soares Braga

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Reus GLK	2			-
J. Altena DEF	2			-
O McEntee DEF	2			1 -
S Findlay DEF	2			-
H Milne DEF	1			-
C Miller MID	2			-
L. Mendy MID	1			1 -
B Spittal MID	2			1 -
A Kyziridis MID	1			-
C. Soares Braga FWD	2			2 -
P. Kabore FWD	2			-
Subs
Z Clark GLK				-
R Fulton GLK				-
J McCart DEF	2			-
T Renaud MID	2	1		-
J McPake MID	2			-
T Magnusson MID	1	1		-
M. Gillies MID				-
A Ba-Sy FWD				-
S. Guendouz FWD	2		1	-
J. Wilson FWD	1			-
S. Kerjota FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	1	1	1
T Renaud	J. Altena	S. Guendouz	B Spittal

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Renaud MID	1	1
T Magnusson MID	1	1
J. Altena DEF		1
C Miller MID		1
B Spittal MID				1
C. Soares Braga FWD		1
Subs
J McPake MID				1
S. Guendouz FWD		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
108	7	15
O McEntee	J. Altena	J. Altena

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
O McEntee DEF	108	1	2
S Findlay DEF	87	1	3
J. Altena DEF	76	7	15
B Reus GLK	71		1
B Spittal MID	63		3
Subs
J McCart DEF	54	1	4
T Renaud MID	46	1	4
S. Guendouz FWD	45	1	9
C Miller MID	40	4	10
A Kyziridis MID	25	2	4
Subs
J McPake MID	25	1	6
C. Soares Braga FWD	20	3	7
H Milne DEF	15	2	2
L. Mendy MID	15	3	3
P. Kabore FWD	7	3	7
Subs
S. Kerjota FWD	6	2	5
T Magnusson MID	5		1
J. Wilson FWD	2