Heart of Midlothian vs Benfica — preview

Coaches

Wouter Vrancken

Marco Silva

Injuries & suspensions

Heart of Midlothian

C. Halkett

Achilles Tendon Injury · back 2026-09-10

injured

S. Kingsley

Hamstring Injury · back 2026-08-31

injured

Recent form

Heart of Midlothian

LABenfica1-6

LAAberdeen1-2

LHSK Sturm Graz0-2

WARaith Rovers1-0

LASK Sturm Graz0-4

Benfica

WHHeart of Midlothian6-1

WHFC St. Gallen 18795-0

WHC.F. Os Belenenses5-1

LAFC St. Gallen 18791-2

WHVillarreal2-0

Match facts

Stadium

Tynecastle Park

City

Edinburgh

Kickoff

13 Aug, 18:45 UTC

Competition

Europa League

🔮 AI-predicted lineup · 38% confidence — confirmed XI drops ~1h before kickoff

Heart of Midlothian 4-4-2 · 4-2-3-1 Benfica

1 B. Reus 6.0 18 H. Milne 6.7 23 J. Altena 6.6 F. Kent 7.7 2 C. Borchgrevink 5.8 16 B. Spittal 7.0 14 C. Devlin 7.1 7 C. Miller 6.2 B. Baningime 6.8 10 C. Braga 6.4 7 L. Shankland 6.8 1 A. Trubin 6.6 4 A. Silva 7.3 30 N. Otamendi 6.7 44 T. Araújo 7.0 6 A. Bah 7.0 8 F. Aursnes 7.2 21 A. Schjelderup 7.7 14 V. Pavlidis 6.4 18 L. Barreiro 6.9 72 A. Cabral 47 T. Gouveia

Substitutes

24GS. Soares 62DJ. Neto 33DG. Indio 44DA. Bajrami 18DÁ. Carreras 25MG. Prestianni6.8 11MÁ. Di María 31MA. Gasper 32MB. Rollheiser 16MF. Luís 78MI. Kaboré 19MJ. Beste 10MO. Kökçü 18MR. Sanches 19FA. Cabral 9FK. Aktürkoğlu 11FZ. Amdouni

Coach: Marco Silva

Forecast BSD engine

Hearts 25%

25%

Benfica 50%

Who winsBenfica to win (DNB) 67%

1X2Benfica to win 50%

CornersOver 8.5 corners 61%

BTTSBoth teams to score 55%

GoalsOver 2.5 goals 54%

GoalsOver 1.5 goals 77%

1X2Draw 25%

GoalsUnder 3.5 goals 69%

CornersUnder 10.5 corners 62%

CornersUnder 9.5 corners 50%

1X2Hearts to win 25%

Full odds via API →

No pre-match call on this one.
Nothing reached 80% confidence before kick-off, so we stayed quiet rather than guess. Most matches end up here — that is what keeps the published calls at 87.0%.

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