AEK Athens vs Levski Sofia — UEFA Champions League: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow4 clips- 7′AEK Athens, goal:1–0assist
- 12′AEK Athens, goal:2–0assist
- 29′AEK Athens, goal:3–0assist
- Half-time3 – 0
- 51′AEK Athens, yellow card:Foul
- 55′AEK Athens, penalty goal:4–0Penalty
- 63′Levski Sofia, substitution:off
- 63′Levski Sofia, substitution:off
- 63′Levski Sofia, substitution:off
- 72′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 74′AEK Athens, yellow card:Foul
- 76′Levski Sofia, substitution:off
- 81′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 81′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 82′Levski Sofia, substitution:off
- 86′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 86′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 89′AEK Athens, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time4 – 0
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Match report
AEK Athens rout Levski Sofia 4-0 in Champions League play-off first leg
AEK Athens overwhelmed Levski Sofia 4-0 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off tie at the Allwyn Arena, scoring three times inside the opening 29 minutes to settle the contest before half-time. Luka Jović opened the scoring in the seventh minute, assisted by Lazaros Rota, before Barnabás Varga struck twice in quick succession.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Varga's first arrived in the 12th minute after a Filipe Relvas assist, and his second followed in the 29th minute, teed up by Lovro Majer, putting AEK 3-0 ahead at the interval. Răzvan Marin added a fourth from the penalty spot in the 55th minute to complete the scoring, with no further goals or dismissals altering the outcome thereafter.
AEK controlled the game despite having slightly less of the ball, with 48% possession to Levski's 52%, but they were far more direct and clinical, firing 16 shots to their opponents' 11 and putting seven on target compared with three for the visitors. AEK also won six corners to three and picked up three yellow cards against none for Levski, whose more measured approach in possession never translated into a real threat on goal.
Varga scored twice and earned the highest rating of the match at 9.0, providing the decisive edge in AEK's first-half surge.
AEK's seven shots on target to Levski's three underlined how much more clinical the hosts were in front of goal.
AEK Athens beat Levski Sofia 4–0 (half-time 3–0).
AEK Athens met Levski Sofia in the UEFA Champions League (Play-offs). Kick-off was Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 19:00 UTC at Allwyn Arena. Referee: Clement Turpin.
Team pages: AEK Athens · Levski Sofia · UEFA Champions League
Key moments
- 7' Goal: Luka Jović (assist: Lazaros Rota) — 1–0 · Watch Luka Jović's goal video (7')
- 12' Goal: Barnabás Varga (assist: Filipe Relvas) — 2–0 · Watch Barnabás Varga's goal video (12')
- 29' Goal: Barnabás Varga (assist: Lovro Majer) — 3–0 · Watch Barnabás Varga's goal video (29')
- 55' Goal (penalty): Răzvan Marin — 4–0 · Watch Răzvan Marin's goal video (55')
Starting line-ups
AEK Athens (4-4-2)
Levski Sofia (4-3-3)
- 92 Svetoslav Vutsov
- 20 Álex Centelles
- 31 Nikola Serafimov
- 50 Kristian Dimitrov (c)
- 21 Aldair
- 3 Maicon
- 19 Mehdi Moubarik
- 35 Serginho
- 7 Reinaldo
- 17 Everton Bala
- 11 Armstrong Oko-Flex
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave AEK Athens 56%, the draw 26%, Levski Sofia 18%. It finished AEK Athens 4–0 Levski Sofia.
AEK Athens' rating edge carries it — AEK Athens are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of AEK Athens' 56%. The draw at 26% is up from the usual 24.2% for a gap this size, as small adjustments add up.
Why AEK Athens at 56%?
AEK Athens FC sit 168 points higher on our strength rating — 1697 to 1529. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,742 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 55–29–16.
Why only 56%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 56% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 26% and Levski Sofia at 18%.
Why the draw at 26%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,662. The goals environment adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
AEK Athens FC average 5 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 168 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. AEK Athens FC have gained 103 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 41.4% of 12,232 such games vs 40.7% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar.
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About this match
On this page: the AEK Athens vs Levski Sofia final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Luka Jović's goal against Levski Sofia (7').
- Watch Barnabás Varga's goal against Levski Sofia (12').
- Watch Barnabás Varga's goal against Levski Sofia (29').
- Watch Răzvan Marin's goal against Levski Sofia (55').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from AEK Athens 4–0 Levski Sofia. Explore more on the AEK Athens and Levski Sofia team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.