§ Europa League · 2026-27 · 3rd Qualifying Round

Benfica 6–1 Hearts

  • Silva 3'
  • Araújo 23'
  • Pavlidis 42' (pen.)
  • Prestianni 59'
  • Durán 87'
  • Schjelderup 90+4' (pen.)
  • Renaud 72'

6 August 2026

The match in data

A 6–1 win for Benfica against Hearts on 6 August 2026, in the 2026-27 Europa League (3rd Qualifying Round).

Player of the match: Tomás Araújo (Benfica), rated 80, thanks above all to 22 final-third passes and 107 passes. Araújo produced 2.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

For Hearts, the highest-rated player was Jamie McCart, with 72.

80
Player of the match

Tomás Araújo

Benfica · 90'

Produced 2.01× and cost 0.35× their position's average

Added
  • 22 final-third passes 3.6×
  • 107 passes 2.1×
  • 5 aerials won 3.1×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.4×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Benfica
PlayerPositionMinRating
Tomás Araújo ★ Defender 90 80
Enzo Barrenechea Midfielder 64 73
Jhon Durán Forward 26 70
Gianluca Prestianni Forward 85 67
Rafa Silva Forward 90 61
Leandro Barreiro Midfielder 90 60
Andreas Schjelderup Forward 26 55
Richard Ríos Midfielder 26 55
Clément Lenglet Defender 73 45
Georgiy Sudakov Midfielder 64 35
Vangelis Pavlidis Forward 64 31
Alexander Bah Defender 90 28
Samuel Dahl Defender 90 28
Samuel Soares Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Manu Silva Midfielder 17 no rating
Jakub Kamiński Forward 5 no rating
Hearts
PlayerPositionMinRating
Jamie McCart Defender 44 72
Oisin McEntee Defender 90 65
Calvin Miller Midfielder 73 65
Severin Sabri Guendouz Forward 26 63
Stuart Findlay Defender 90 60
Laurent Mendy Midfielder 46 54
Blair Spittal Midfielder 90 50
Tom Renaud Midfielder 44 50
Pierre Landry Kaboré Forward 64 47
Alexandros Kyziridis Midfielder 86 41
Jordi Altena Defender 90 36
Harry Milne Defender 46 34
Cláudio Braga Forward 90 25
Beau Reus Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Josh McPake Midfielder 17 no rating
Sabah Kerjota Forward 4 no rating

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.