Benfica 6-1 Hearts: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 6 August 2026
Result
Benfica 6-1 Hearts
Europa League · Thursday 6 August 2026, 19:00 UTC · Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisboa · half-time 3-0
Benfica 6-1 Hearts: match report
Benfica won against Hearts 6-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 6 August 2026 at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The half-time score was 3-0.
Rafa Silva opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Benfica's goals came from Rafa Silva (3'), Tomás Araújo (23'), Vangelis Pavlidis (42', penalty), Gianluca Prestianni (59'), Jhon Durán (87') and Andreas Schjelderup (90+4', penalty). Hearts scored through Tom Renaud (72').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Hearts received 4 yellow cards.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hearts in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tomás Araújo of Benfica (8.4), ahead of Andreas Schjelderup (7.9).
Key events
- 3'Goal · Rafa Silva
- 23'Goal · Tomás Araújo
- 33'Yellow card · Gianluca Prestianni
- 41'Yellow card · Laurent Mendy
- 42'Penalty goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 59'Goal · Gianluca Prestianni
- 70'Yellow card · Blair Spittal
- 72'Goal · Tom Renaud
- 79'Yellow card · Alexander Bah
- 84'Yellow card · Oisin McEntee
- 87'Goal · Jhon Durán
- 89'Yellow card · Cláudio Braga
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Andreas Schjelderup
Form and table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | WWW |
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Samuel Soares, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Enzo Barrenechea, Gianluca Prestianni, Georgiy Sudakov, Rafa Silva, Vangelis Pavlidis
Hearts line-up (4-4-2)
Beau Reus, Jordi Altena, Oisin McEntee, Stuart Findlay, Harry Milne, Calvin Miller, Laurent Mendy, Blair Spittal, Alexandros Kyziridis, Cláudio Braga, Pierre Landry Kaboré
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