AEK Athens FC

UEFA Europa Conference League

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3:2

Finished

Kick-off was 18 Dec, 20:00 UTC

Universitatea Craiova LDWWWW

Venue: OPAP Arena City: Athens

In the UEFA Europa Conference League game on 18 December 2025, AEK Athens FC beat Universitatea Craiova 3:2. Match numbers: corners 7:4, fouls 8:18.

Key numbers

Possession, % 52 – 48

Shots on target 5 – 5

Shots off target 9 – 5

Expected goals 3.41 – 1.34

🟨 5' D. Vida — Yellow card ⚽ 30' S. Baiaram — Goal ⚽ 59' A. Cicaldau — Goal ⇄ 64' P. Mantalos — Substitution ⇄ 64' R. Pereyra — Substitution ⚽ 65' D. Vida — Goal ⇄ 66' M. Etim — Substitution 🟨 72' S. Baiaram — Yellow card ⇄ 77' S. Pilios — Substitution ⇄ 80' S. Baiaram — Substitution ⇄ 80' A. Cicaldau — Substitution 🟨 83' D. Kutesa — Yellow card 🟨 83' Teles — Yellow card ⇄ 90+1' R. Marin — Substitution 🟨 90+2' A. Cretu — Yellow card 🟨 90+4' P. Isenko — Yellow card ⇄ 90+6' A. Mekvabishvili — Substitution ⇄ 90+6' Teles — Substitution ⚽ 90+8' D. Kutesa — Goal 🟨 90+11' N. Bancu — Yellow card 🟨 90+12' L. Rota — Yellow card ⚽ 90+15' L. Jovic — Penalty

Match events

5' 0:0 AEK Athens FC Yellow card D. Vida
30' 0:1 Universitatea Craiova Goal S. Baiaram
59' 0:2 Universitatea Craiova Goal A. Cicaldau assist: A. Al Hamlawi
64' 0:2 AEK Athens FC Substitution P. Mantalos off: N. Eliasson
64' 0:2 AEK Athens FC Substitution R. Pereyra off: D. Kutesa
65' 1:2 AEK Athens FC Goal D. Vida assist: R. Marin
66' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Substitution M. Etim off: C. Mora
72' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Yellow card S. Baiaram
77' 1:2 AEK Athens FC Substitution S. Pilios off: J. Penrice
80' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Substitution S. Baiaram off: A. Cretu
80' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Substitution A. Cicaldau off: L. Houri
83' 1:2 AEK Athens FC Yellow card D. Kutesa
83' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Yellow card Teles
90+1' 1:2 AEK Athens FC Substitution R. Marin off: M. Grujic
90+2' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Yellow card A. Cretu
90+4' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Yellow card P. Isenko
90+6' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Substitution A. Mekvabishvili off: V. Mogos
90+6' 1:2 Universitatea Craiova Substitution Teles off: N. Stevanovic
90+8' 2:2 AEK Athens FC Goal D. Kutesa assist: N. Eliasson
90+11' 2:2 Universitatea Craiova Yellow card N. Bancu
90+12' 2:2 AEK Athens FC Yellow card L. Rota
90+15' 3:2 AEK Athens FC Penalty L. Jovic

Statistics

52 Possession, % 48

5 Shots on target 5

9 Shots off target 5

3.41 Expected goals 1.34

7 Big chances 3

99 Attacks 73

7 Corners 4

8 Fouls 18

17 Free kicks 8

6 Offsides 2

3 Yellow cards 5

0 Red cards 0

7 Goal kicks 8

25 Throw-ins 13

All statistics

22/3367% Aerial duels 11/3333%

58 Backward passes 74

5 Blocked shots 5

11 Clearances 25

12/2843% Crosses 6/967%

5/1338% Dribbles 6/1155%

1.87 Expected assists 0.95

81 Failed passes 86

3 Goalkeeper saves 2

3 Interceptions 9

11 Key passes 9

26/5746% Long passes 24/5345%

103 Passes into the final third 59

277 Passes in the opposition half 186

170 Passes in own half 222

0.26 Shot accuracy 0.33

4 Shots from outside the box 4

15 Shots inside the box 11

9/1369% Tackles 10/1567%

419 Total passes 399

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Thomas Strakosha	1
3	Stavros Pilios	3
12	Lazaros Rota	12
21	Domagoj Vida	21
44	Filipe Relvas	44
13	Orbelín Pineda Alvarado	13
18	Răzvan Gabriel Marin	18
20	Petros Mantalos	20
37	Roberto Maximiliano Pereyra	37
9	Luka Jović	9
11	Aboubakary Yeli Koita	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
81	Angelos Angelopoulos	81
91	Alberto Brignoli	91
29	James Penrice	29
34	Christos Kosidis	34
55	Konstantinos Christopoulos	55
4	Marko Grujić	4
7	Dereck Germano Kutesa	7
19	Niclas Eliasson Santana	19

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Universitatea Craiova

Starting XI
#	Player	number
77	Pavlo Isenko	77
3	Oleksandr Romanchuk	3
6	Vladimir Screciu	6
15	Juraj Badel	15
5	Anzor Mekvabishvili	5
11	Nicușor Bancu	11
20	Alexandru Cicâldău	20
23	Samuel Teles Pereira Nunes da Silva	23
9	Assad Al-Hamlawi	9
10	Ștefan Baiaram	10
12	Monday Etim	12

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Silviu Lung	1
21	Laurenţiu Popescu	21
2	Florin Bogdan Ștefan	2
19	Vasile Mogoș	19
24	Nikola Stevanović	24
4	Alexandru Crețu	4
14	Lyes Hafid Houri	14
29	Luca Băsceanu	29
30	D. Matei	30
38	Denis Muntian	38
17	Carlos Mora	17
39	Steven Nsimba	39