Benfica beat St Gallen 5-0 at home last week and are well placed to build on that momentum. Hearts appear to be on the way down after flying high last season, can they avoid a fourth straight defeat?
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Match Preview
Benfica started the season in the Europa League qualifiers, a 2-1 defeat against St. Gallen in Switzerland.
The Eagles thrashed Belenenses 5-1 in a friendly and maintained that form against the Swiss side. Marco Silva’s side won 5-0 in the second leg, Vangelis Pavlidis scoring an impressive four goals.
Hearts were minutes away from winning the Scottish Premiership last season, losing at Celtic on the final matchday to finish second.
The Edinburgh club lost manager Derek McInnes and star striker Lawrence Shankland which appears to have affected them in a significant way.
Wouter Vrancken took charge and saw his new side lost 6-0 on aggregate to Sturm Graz in the Champions League qualifiers.
Hearts conceded two late goals to lost 2-1 at Aberdeen in their opening Scottish Premiership match on Saturday.
Predicted Lineups
Benfica (4-2-3-1): Anatoliy Trubin; Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl; Leandro Barreiro, Enzo Barrenechea; Rafa Silva, Georgiy Sudakov, Gianluca Prestianni; Vangelis Pavlidis
Hearts (4-4-2): Beau Reus; Jordi Altena, Stephen Kingsley, Oisin McEntee, Harry Milne; Sabah Kerjota, Laurent Mendy, Blair Spittal, Calvin Miller; Claudio Braga, Amadou Ba-Sy