AEK Athens vs Levski Sofia, 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Qualifying, Playoff Round

· 2nd Leg - AEK Athens win 4-0 on aggregate

AEK Athens

7': Luka Jovic
12': Barnabás Varga
29': Barnabás Varga
55': Razvan Marin (P)

FT
4 - 0
2nd Leg - AEK Athens win 4-0 on aggregate

Levski Sofia

About

AEK Athens are hosting Levski Sofia at OPAP Arena, Athens, Greece, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League Qualifying.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Mehdi El Moubarik (Levski Sofia).
1': Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
1': Attempt saved. Lovro Majer (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Svetoslav Vutsov (Levski Sofia). Assisted by Lazaros Rota.
1': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Svetoslav Vutsov.
2': Delay in match because of an injury Maicon (Levski Sofia).
3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
7': Goal! AEK Athens 1, Levski Sofia 0. Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lazaros Rota with a cross.
11': Foul by Serginho (Levski Sofia).
11': Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
11': Attempt blocked. Kaan Kairinen (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
12': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Aldair.
12': Goal! AEK Athens 2, Levski Sofia 0. Barnabás Varga (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filipe Relvas with a headed pass following a corner.
14': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens).
14': Foul by Aldair (Levski Sofia).
14': Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Foul by Serginho (Levski Sofia).
15': Barnabás Varga (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Attempt saved. Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Svetoslav Vutsov (Levski Sofia).
18': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens).
21': Serginho (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Razvan Marin (AEK Athens).
24': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Foul by Razvan Marin (AEK Athens).
25': Attempt missed. Everton Bala (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Serginho following a set piece situation.
28': Attempt blocked. Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
28': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Kristian Dimitrov.
29': Goal! AEK Athens 3, Levski Sofia 0. Barnabás Varga (AEK Athens) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lovro Majer with a cross following a corner.
30': Attempt missed. Lovro Majer (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lazaros Rota.
30': Attempt missed. Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lovro Majer.
33': Mehdi El Moubarik (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Foul by Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens).
34': Attempt missed. Aldair (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Reinaldo.
35': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
35': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (AEK Athens).
36': Attempt blocked. Reinaldo (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
36': Attempt missed. Kristian Dimitrov (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Everton Bala with a cross following a set piece situation.
39': Corner, Levski Sofia. Conceded by Stavros Pilios.
43': Serginho (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens).
45': Corner, Levski Sofia. Conceded by Harold Moukoudi.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Corner, Levski Sofia. Conceded by Kaan Kairinen.
45'+3': First Half ends, AEK Athens 3, Levski Sofia 0.
45': Second Half begins AEK Athens 3, Levski Sofia 0.
47': Attempt saved. Everton Bala (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Thomas Strakosha (AEK Athens). Assisted by Mehdi El Moubarik.
48': Attempt missed. Maicon (Levski Sofia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Serginho.
50': Attempt saved. Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Svetoslav Vutsov (Levski Sofia). Assisted by Lazaros Rota.
50': Attempt missed. Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
51': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Razvan Marin (AEK Athens).
51': Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
52': Armstrong Oko-Flex (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens).
54': Penalty conceded by Aldair (Levski Sofia) after a foul in the penalty area.
54': Penalty AEK Athens. Luka Jovic draws a foul in the penalty area.
55': Goal! AEK Athens 4, Levski Sofia 0. Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
57': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens).
58': Attempt blocked. Lazaros Rota (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Jovic.
58': Attempt missed. Mehdi El Moubarik (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Armstrong Oko-Flex.
59': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Álex Centelles.
60': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Nikola Serafimov.
60': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Kristian Dimitrov.
61': Attempt blocked. Lazaros Rota (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
63': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez replaces Reinaldo.
63': Substitution, Levski Sofia. David Kusso replaces Maicon.
63': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Gasper Trdin replaces Everton Bala.
66': Attempt saved. David Kusso (Levski Sofia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Thomas Strakosha (AEK Athens). Assisted by Armstrong Oko-Flex with a cross.
66': Foul by Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez (Levski Sofia).
66': Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by Gasper Trdin (Levski Sofia).
67': Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Delay in match because of an injury Barnabás Varga (AEK Athens).
68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': Attempt missed. Gasper Trdin (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
72': Substitution, AEK Athens. Petros Mantalos replaces Aboubakary Koïta.
72': Foul by Razvan Marin (AEK Athens).
72': Armstrong Oko-Flex (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73': Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) wins a free kick on the right wing.
73': Foul by Gasper Trdin (Levski Sofia).
74': Foul by Lovro Majer (AEK Athens).
74': David Kusso (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens).
74': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74': Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Foul by Razvan Marin (AEK Athens).
75': Serginho (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Mazire Soula replaces Armstrong Oko-Flex.
80': Attempt blocked. Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Jovic.
81': Substitution, AEK Athens. Zine replaces Barnabás Varga.
81': Substitution, AEK Athens. Oleksandr Zubkov replaces Lovro Majer.
82': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Asen Mitkov replaces Serginho.
84': Attempt missed. Álex Centelles (Levski Sofia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
85': Attempt saved. David Kusso (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Thomas Strakosha (AEK Athens). Assisted by Mehdi El Moubarik.
85': Offside, Levski Sofia. Mazire Soula is caught offside.
86': Substitution, AEK Athens. Mijat Gacinovic replaces Luka Jovic.
86': Substitution, AEK Athens. Kervin Arriaga replaces Razvan Marin.
87': Attempt missed. Mijat Gacinovic (AEK Athens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Zine.
89': Foul by Zine (AEK Athens).
89': Svetoslav Vutsov (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Zine (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Delay in match because of an injury Svetoslav Vutsov (Levski Sofia).
90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90': Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez (Levski Sofia).
90'+1': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (AEK Athens).
90'+1': Asen Mitkov (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Attempt blocked. Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oleksandr Zubkov.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Mijat Gacinovic (AEK Athens) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Petros Mantalos.
90'+4': Second Half ends, AEK Athens 4, Levski Sofia 0.
0': Match ends, AEK Athens 4, Levski Sofia 0.

Statistics

LEV		AEK
9	Fouls	16
0	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	3
52.3	Possession	47.7
11	SHOTS	18
3	ON GOAL	7
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
429	Accurate Passes	385
482	Passes	437
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	4
15	Crosses	17
0.1	Cross %	0.2
46	Long Balls	50
29	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	6
10	Effective Tackles	14
12	Tackles	23
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
3	Interceptions	10
19	Effective Clearances	20
19	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League Qualifying

Venue: OPAP Arena
Location: Athens, Greece
Attendance: 30,500

Line-Ups

AEK Athens (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Strakosha (GK)
44	Filipe Relvas
2	Harold Moukoudi
3	Stavros Pilios
12	Lazaros Rota
6	Kaan Kairinen
18	Razvan Marin
11	Aboubakary Koita
14	Lovro Majer
9	Luka Jovic
25	Barnabás Varga

AEK Athens Substitutes:

Martin Georgiev, Dimitrios Kaloskamis, Dereck Kutesa, Mijat Gacinovic, Alberto Brignoli, Zini, Kervin Arriaga, Oleksandr Zubkov, Petros Mantalos, Domagoj Vida, Marios Balamotis.

Levski Sofia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
92	Svetoslav Vutsov (GK)
31	Nikola Serafimov
50	Kristian Dimitrov
20	Álex Centelles
21	Aldair
19	El Mehdi El Moubarik
3	Maicon
35	Serginho
17	Everton Bala
7	Reinaldo
11	Armstrong Okoflex

Levski Sofia Substitutes:

Stivan Stoyanchov, Gasper Trdin, Ognyan Vladimirov, Hevertton Santos, David Kusso, Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez, Martin Lukov, Asen Mitkov, Mazire Soula, Christian Makoun, Adrian Raychev.

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