AEK Athens 3–1 Rayo Vallecano
- Zini 13'
- Marin 36' (pen.)
- Zini 51'
- Palazón 60'
16 April 2026
The match in data
AEK Athens got the better of Rayo Vallecano, 3–1, on 16 April 2026, in the 2025-26 Conference League (Quarter-finals).
Player of the match: Isi Palazón (Rayo Vallecano), rated 74, thanks above all to 1 goal and 2 shots on target. Palazón produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For AEK Athens, the highest-rated player was Filipe Relvas, with 66.
Zini scored twice.
Isi Palazón
Rayo Vallecano · 80'
Produced 1.51× and cost 0.35× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 2.6×
- 0.24 xG 1.0×
- 1 failed dribble 0.8×
- 5 duels lost 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filipe Relvas | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Zini | Forward | 77 | 64 |
| Barnabás Varga | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Dereck Kutesa | Midfielder | 71 | 57 |
| Răzvan Marin | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Harold Moukoudi | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Lazaros Rota | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Orbelín Pineda | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Stavros Pilios | Defender | 85 | 45 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Thomas Strakosha | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Niclas Eliasson | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Mijat Gacinovic | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Roberto Pereyra | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isi Palazón ★ | Forward | 80 | 74 |
| Luiz Felipe | Defender | 55 | 61 |
| Pathé Ciss | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Óscar Valentín | Midfielder | 35 | 51 |
| Pedro Díaz | Midfielder | 35 | 48 |
| Álvaro García | Forward | 27 | 46 |
| Pep Chavarría | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Unai López | Midfielder | 55 | 43 |
| Jorge de Frutos | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Florian Lejeune | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Alexandre Zurawski | Forward | 44 | 36 |
| Andrei Rațiu | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Ilias Akhomach | Forward | 46 | 32 |
| Alfonso Espino | Defender | 63 | 23 |
| Augusto Batalla | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Nobel Mendy | Defender | 10 | no rating |
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.