§ Conference League · 2025-26 · Play-offs

AEK Athens 2–0 Anderlecht

  • Koita 36'
  • Kutesa 48'

28 August 2025

The match in data

AEK Athens got the better of Anderlecht, 2–0, on 28 August 2025, in the 2025-26 Conference League (Play-offs).

Player of the match: Aboubakary Koita (AEK Athens), rated 67, thanks above all to 1 goal and 2 completed dribbles. Koita produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Anderlecht, the highest-rated player was Yari Verschaeren, with 61.

67
Player of the match

Aboubakary Koita

AEK Athens · 88'

Produced 1.13× and cost 0.31× their position's average

Added
  • 1 goal 4.0×
  • 2 completed dribbles 2.8×
  • 2 key passes 1.8×
Took away
  • 3 shots off target, worth 0.21 3.0×
  • 3 misplaced passes 0.5×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

AEK Athens
PlayerPositionMinRating
Aboubakary Koita ★ Midfielder 88 67
Orbelín Pineda Midfielder 90 54
Thomas Strakosha Goalkeeper 90 50
Harold Moukoudi Defender 90 47
Răzvan Marin Midfielder 90 47
Dereck Kutesa Midfielder 78 46
Frantzdy Pierrot Forward 73 45
Stavros Pilios Defender 90 43
Niclas Eliasson Midfielder 73 43
Lazaros Rota Defender 90 33
Filipe Relvas Defender 90 31
Luka Jović Forward 17 no rating
Robert Ljubicic Midfielder 17 no rating
James Penrice Defender 12 no rating
Domagoj Vida Defender 2 no rating
Anderlecht
PlayerPositionMinRating
Yari Verschaeren Midfielder 44 61
Marco Kana Defender 90 59
Nilson Angulo Midfielder 90 53
Adriano Bertaccini Forward 44 46
Ludwig Augustinsson Defender 44 46
Nathan De Cat Midfielder 46 44
Lucas Hey Defender 90 42
Colin Coosemans Goalkeeper 90 40
Enric Llansana Midfielder 90 40
Kasper Dolberg Forward 90 40
Mario Stroeykens Midfielder 22 40
César Huerta Midfielder 46 39
Thorgan Hazard Midfielder 68 37
Yasin Özcan Defender 46 37
Tristan Degreef Forward 21 22
Ali Maamar Defender 69 13

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Anderlecht player played the most passes into the final third?

Lucas Hey, with 19 final-third passes. Next: Enric Llansana 6, Marco Kana 6.

Lucas Hey directed 19 passes into the final third, more than tripling Enric Llansana and Marco Kana. Despite the defeat, attacking build-up flowed almost exclusively through Hey.

Which AEK Athens player won the most aerial duels?

Frantzdy Pierrot, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Răzvan Marin 1, Filipe Relvas 1.

Frantzdy Pierrot controlled the skies with 4 aerial duels won, while Răzvan Marin and Filipe Relvas managed just 1 each. Pierrot's aerial presence pinned the defence and created clear advantages.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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AEK Athens 2–0 Anderlecht, Conference League 2025-26. Player of the match: Aboubakary Koita, 67
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.