Hearts v Benfica: Europa League qualifier kick-off time, TV and team news | OneFootball

Benfica travel to Edinburgh to face Hearts in the second leg of the Europa League third qualifying round, holding a 6-1 lead from the first game at the Luz.

According to Glorioso 1904, kick-off is 19:45 on Thursday 13 August at Tynecastle Park, with live coverage on SportTV 5.

Marco Silva’s side dominated in Lisbon, with Rafa Silva, Tomás Araújo, Vangelis Pavlidis, Gianluca Prestianni, Jhon Durán and Andreas Schjelderup scoring. Tom Renaud netted for Hearts.

With such a cushion and a league meeting with Casa Pia on Monday, Marco Silva is expected to rotate, offering minutes to several players who have featured less.

The likely Benfica XI is Samuel Soares, Amar Dedic, Clément Lenglet, Tomás Araújo, José Neto, Leandro Barreiro, Richard Ríos, Dodi Lukabakio, Andreas Schjelderup, Rafa Silva and Jhon Durán.

If they advance, Benfica would face Aarhus in the next Europa League round after being eliminated by Sabah in Champions League qualifying. If they were to go out to Hearts, they would drop into the Europa Conference League to play Rapid Viena.

Fredrik Aursnes and Jaden Umeh are out injured. The match officials are referee Sander van der Eijk, assistants Rens Bluemink and Stefan De Groot, fourth official Alex Bos, VAR Dennis Higler and AVAR Erwin Blank.

Source: Glorioso 1904

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