Steve McManaman 23', Steve McManaman 42' · Katsouranis 73', Centeno 85'
AEK Athen 2–3 Real Madrid
Match summary
Real Madrid beat AEK Athen 3–2 at OPAP Arena on 4 November 2026 in Champions League in front of 30,368 spectators. Bellingham 32', Mbappé 78' and Valverde 90+2' scored for Real Madrid; Aboubakary Koita 12' and Stavros Pilios 75' replied for AEK Athen. Aboubakary Koita 90+5' was sent off.
It was Real Madrid's 1st win in 3 meetings between the clubs (1 win, 2 draws, 0 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W W W W W. Real Madrid are now 2nd on 12 points, AEK Athen 29th on 3 in Champions League.
Line-ups
- AEK Athen · Substitutes
- 90Zini↑ 53'
- 18Razvan Marin↑ 60'
- 19Barnabás Varga↑ 60'
- 10Oleksandr Zubkov↑ 88'
- 1Thomas Strakosha
- 27Milán Vitális
- 21Domagoj Vida
- 41Marios Balamotis
- 20Petros Mantalos
- 22Charalampos Lykogiannis
- Real Madrid · Substitutes
- 8Federico Valverde ⚽↑ 67'
- 9Endrick↑ 67'
- 18Álvaro Carreras↑ 81'
- 21Brahim Díaz↑ 81'
- 19Carlos Espí↑ 86'
- 16Ibrahima Konaté
- 27Thiago Pitarch
- 26Sergio Mestre
- 4Dean Huijsen
- 12Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 13Andriy Lunin
- 38Sergio Martínez
Match events
- 12'GoalAboubakary Koita
- 32'GoalBellingham
- 34'Yellow cardKervin Arriaga
- 53'SubstitutionZini for Lovro Majer
- 60'SubstitutionRazvan Marin for Kaan Kairinen
- 60'SubstitutionBarnabás Varga for Mijat Gacinovic
- 65'Yellow cardCucurella
- 67'SubstitutionValverde for Silva
- 67'SubstitutionEndrick for Diomande
- 75'GoalStavros Pilios
- 78'GoalMbappé
- 81'SubstitutionCarreras for Cucurella
- 81'SubstitutionBrahim for Vinícius Jr.
- 86'SubstitutionEspí for Bellingham
- 88'SubstitutionOleksandr Zubkov for Luka Jovic
- 90+2'GoalValverde
- 90+5'Red cardAboubakary Koita
Real Madrid v AEK Athen: head-to-head
All 3 meetings- 3Meetings
- 1Real Madrid wins
- 2Draws
- 0AEK Athen wins
Previous meetings
Tsartas 5', Maladenis 24', Nicolaidis 27' · Zinedine Zidane 14', Zinedine Zidane 39', Jose María Gutiérrez Hernández 59'
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