The title compound, C13H12N2OS, was obtained from the condensation reaction of 2-acetylthiophene and benzohydrazide. In the molecule, the formohydrazide fragment is approximately planar (r.m.s deviation = 0.0146 Å) and the mean plane is oriented at dihedral angles of 24.47 (11) and 28.86 (13)°, respectively, to the phenyl and thiophene rings. The thiophene and phenyl rings make a dihedral angle of 53.21 (8)°. The benzamide fragment and thiophene ring are located on the opposite sides of the C=N bond, showing an E conformation. Classical intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and weak C—H⋯O interactions are present in the crystal structure: three such bonds occur to the same O-atom acceptor.