Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
AEK Athens FC 2–3 Real Madrid
- Season
- UEFA Champions League
- 2026 · League Stage - 4
Referee
Maurizio Mariani
UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid beat AEK Athens FC 3–2. Goals: Aboubakary Koita 12', Jude Bellingham 32', Stavros Pilios 75', Kylian Mbappé 78', Federico Valverde 90+2'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- AEK Athens FC
- Real Madrid
Show as a table
| When | AEK Athens FC | RMA |
|---|---|---|
| 12′ · Aboubakary Koita | 1 | 0 |
| 32′ · Jude Bellingham | 1 | 1 |
| 75′ · Stavros Pilios | 2 | 1 |
| 78′ · Kylian Mbappé | 2 | 2 |
| 90+2′ · Federico Valverde | 2 | 3 |
| 90′ | 2 | 3 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- AEK Athens FC
- RMA
AEK Athens FCGoals2xG0.95
- xG per shot
- 0.11
- Goals minus xG
- +1.05
Real MadridGoals3xG3.40
- xG per shot
- 0.14
- Goals minus xG
- -0.40
How the chances split
AEK Athens FC win 7%Draw 10%RMA win 83%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| AEK Athens FC | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.95 | 3.40 |
| xG per shot | 0.106 | 0.142 |
| Goals minus xG | +1.05 | -0.40 |
| AEK Athens FC win | 7% | |
| Draw | 10% | |
| RMA win | 83% |
Goals & cards
- Aboubakary KoitaAssist: Luka Jovic12′
- 32′Jude BellinghamAssist: Marc Cucurella
- Kervin ArriagaDissent34′
- 65′Marc CucurellaFoul
- Stavros PiliosAssist: Aboubakary Koita75′
- 78′Kylian MbappéAssist: Denzel Dumfries
- 90+2′Federico ValverdeAssist: Brahim Díaz
- Aboubakary KoitaAbusive Language90+5′
Key stats
- 30%Ball Possession70%
- 0.95Expected goals3.4
- 9Total Shots24
- 5Shots on goal8
- 0Corner Kicks7
Half by half
- AEK Athens FC
- Real Madrid
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens FC | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Real Madrid | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- AEK Athens FC: 2 won, 1 drawn, 2 lost in their last 5 matches.
- AEK Athens FC have scored in each of their last 4 matches.
- AEK Athens FC kept 3 clean sheets in their last 5 matches.
- AEK Athens FC scored 7 and conceded 8 in their last 5 matches.
- Real Madrid: 5 won, 0 drawn, 0 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Real Madrid have won their last 5 matches.
- Real Madrid have scored in each of their last 5 matches.
- Real Madrid scored 17 and conceded 6 in their last 5 matches.
Recent form
Standings
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paris Saint Germain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 |  Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 |  Como | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 27 |  Napoli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 |  Villarreal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | AEK Athens FC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 |  RB Leipzig | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 |  Sabah FA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Timeline
- Aboubakary KoitaAssist: Luka Jovic12′
- 32′Jude BellinghamAssist: Marc Cucurella
- Kervin ArriagaDissent34′
- Off: Lovro MajerOn: Ambrósini António Cabaça Salvador53′
- Off: Mijat GaćinovićOn: Răzvan Marin60′
- Off: Kaan KairinenOn: Barnabás Varga60′
- 65′Marc CucurellaFoul
- 67′Off: Yan DiomandeOn: Federico Valverde
- 67′Off: Bernardo SilvaOn: Endrick Felipe Moreira de Sousa
- Stavros PiliosAssist: Aboubakary Koita75′
- 78′Kylian MbappéAssist: Denzel Dumfries
- 81′Off: Marc CucurellaOn: Brahim Díaz
- 81′Off: ViníciusOn: Álvaro Fernández Carreras
- 86′Off: Jude BellinghamOn: Carlos Espí
- Off: Luka JovicOn: Oleksandr Zubkov88′
- 90+2′Federico ValverdeAssist: Brahim Díaz
- Aboubakary KoitaAbusive Language90+5′
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- AEK Athens FC
- RMA
AEK Athens FCGoals2xG0.95
- xG per shot
- 0.11
- Goals minus xG
- +1.05
Real MadridGoals3xG3.40
- xG per shot
- 0.14
- Goals minus xG
- -0.40
How the chances split
AEK Athens FC win 7%Draw 10%RMA win 83%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| AEK Athens FC | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.95 | 3.40 |
| xG per shot | 0.106 | 0.142 |
| Goals minus xG | +1.05 | -0.40 |
| AEK Athens FC win | 7% | |
| Draw | 10% | |
| RMA win | 83% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
AEK Athens FC9 shots2322
Real Madrid24 shots3597
- 617Inside the box
- 37Outside the box
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| AEK Athens FC | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| Off target | 2 | 9 |
| Blocked | 2 | 7 |
| Inside the box | 6 | 17 |
| Outside the box | 3 | 7 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- AEK Athens FC
- RMA
30%Possession70%
85%233 of 274 passes92%580 of 629 passes
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| AEK Athens FC | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 30% | 70% |
| Passes | 274 | 629 |
| Completed | 233 | 580 |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 92% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 916Fouls
- 11Yellow cards
- 10Red cards
- 02Offsides
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| AEK Athens FC | RMA | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 9 | 16 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- AEK Athens FC
- RMA
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kylian Mbappé | RMA | 8.2 | 90 |
| J. Bellingham | RMA | 8.2 | 86 |
| F. Valverde | RMA | 7.9 | 23 |
| A. Koita | AEK Athens FC | 7.5 | 90 |
| L. Jović | AEK Athens FC | 7.2 | 88 |
| E. Camavinga | RMA | 7.0 | 90 |
| S. Pilios | AEK Athens FC | 6.9 | 90 |
| Endrick | RMA | 6.9 | 23 |
| A. Brignoli | AEK Athens FC | 6.9 | 90 |
| Éder Militão | RMA | 6.9 | 90 |
| Marc Cucurella | RMA | 6.8 | 81 |
| L. Majer | AEK Athens FC | 6.8 | 53 |
| Zini | AEK Athens FC | 6.7 | 37 |
| A. Rüdiger | RMA | 6.7 | 90 |
| M. Gaćinović | AEK Athens FC | 6.7 | 60 |
| Bernardo Silva | RMA | 6.7 | 67 |
| D. Dumfries | RMA | 6.6 | 90 |
| Filipe Relvas | AEK Athens FC | 6.6 | 90 |
| Carlos Espí | RMA | 6.5 | 4 |
| Y. Diomande | RMA | 6.4 | 67 |
| K. Arriaga | AEK Athens FC | 6.4 | 90 |
| Vinícius Júnior | RMA | 6.4 | 81 |
| H. Moukoudi | AEK Athens FC | 6.3 | 90 |
| B. Varga | AEK Athens FC | 6.3 | 30 |
| T. Courtois | RMA | 6.2 | 90 |
| Brahim Díaz | RMA | 6.2 | 9 |
| L. Rota | AEK Athens FC | 6.1 | 90 |
| Álvaro Fernández | RMA | 6.1 | 9 |
| R. Marin | AEK Athens FC | 5.9 | 30 |
| K. Kairinen | AEK Athens FC | 5.8 | 60 |
| O. Zubkov | AEK Athens FC | 5.8 | 2 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
63%
A. Brignoli
A. Brignoli- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 3
- Rating
- 6.9
60%
T. Courtois
T. Courtois- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 2
- Rating
- 6.2
- AEK Athens FC
- Real Madrid
Top stats
- 30%Ball Possession70%
- 0.95Expected goals3.4
- 9Total Shots24
- 5Shots on goal8
- 0Corner Kicks7
Shots
- 2Shots off Goal9
- 2Blocked shots7
- 6Shots insidebox17
- 3Shots outsidebox7
Passing
- 274Total passes629
- 233Passes accurate580
- 85%Pass accuracy92%
Defence & set pieces
- 5Goalkeeper Saves3
- 16Free Kicks9
- 0Offsides2
Discipline
- 9Fouls16
- 1Yellow Cards1
- 1Red Cards0
Half by half
- AEK Athens FC
- Real Madrid
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens FC | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Real Madrid | 1 | 2 | 3 |
916.9A. Brignoli
86.7M. Gaćinović
97.2AL. Jović
108.2⚽Kylian Mbappé
67.0E. Camavinga
206.7Bernardo Silva
16.2T. CourtoisAEK Athens FC4-4-2RMA4-2-3-1AEK Athens FC4-4-2Coach: M. Nikolić
Bench
41Marios BalamotisG
22C. LykogiannisD
20P. MantalosM
18R. MarinM
1T. StrakoshaG
19B. VargaF
21D. VidaD
27M. VitálisM
90ZiniF
10O. ZubkovM
Real Madrid4-2-3-1Coach: José Mourinho
Bench
| 91A. BrignoliG | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 16K. ArriagaM | 90 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8M. GaćinovićF | 60 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9L. JovićF | 88 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6K. KairinenM | 60 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11A. KoitaM | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14L. MajerM | 53 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2H. MoukoudiD | 90 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10O. ZubkovM | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90ZiniF | 37 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27M. VitálisM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21D. VidaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19B. VargaF | 30 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1T. StrakoshaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18R. MarinM | 30 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20P. MantalosM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22C. LykogiannisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12L. RotaD | 90 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44Filipe RelvasD | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3S. PiliosD | 90 | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41Marios BalamotisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Como | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 |  Barcelona | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 |  Aston Villa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 |  Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 |  Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 |  Club Brugge KV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 |  Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 |  Real Betis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 |  Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 |  Bayern München | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 |  VfB Stuttgart | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 |  Inter | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 |  Lask Linz | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 |  Manchester United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 |  Galatasaray | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 |  Fenerbahçe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 |  AS Roma | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 |  Viking | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 |  Atletico Madrid | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 |  PSV Eindhoven | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 |  Bodo/Glimt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 |  FC Porto | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | Napoli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Villarreal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | AEK Athens FC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | RB Leipzig | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Sabah FA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 |  Feyenoord | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 33 |  Lens | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 |  Slavia Praha | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 |  Lille | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 |  Slovan Bratislava | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
