Celje 3–1 AEK Athens
- Kovacevic 34'
- Kovacevic 55'
- Kovacevic 80'
- Kutesa 7'
2 October 2025
The match in data
Celje beat AEK Athens 3–1 on 2 October 2025, in the 2025-26 Conference League (League Stage 1).
Celje came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 7'.
Player of the match: Franko Kovacevic (Celje), rated 78, thanks above all to 1.60 xG and 5 shots on target. Kovacevic produced 1.8 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For AEK Athens, the highest-rated player was Petros Mantalos, with 62.
Franko Kovacevic scored a hat-trick.
Franko Kovacevic
Celje · 84'
Produced 1.78× and cost 0.27× their position's average
- 1.60 xG 4.0×
- 5 shots on target 4.0×
- 3 goals 4.0×
- 1 shot off target 0.8×
- 1 ball lost 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franko Kovacevic ★ | Forward | 84 | 78 |
| Juanjo Nieto | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Artemijus Tutyškinas | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Lukasz Bejger | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Zan Karnicnik | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Darko Hrka | Midfielder | 74 | 50 |
| Mario Kvesic | Forward | 79 | 37 |
| Danijel Sturm | Midfielder | 84 | 33 |
| Nikita Iosifov | Midfielder | 90 | 31 |
| Vitaliy Lisakovich | Forward | 79 | 30 |
| Zan Luk Leban | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Papa Daniel | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Andrej Kotnik | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Milot Avdyli | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Matej Poplatnik | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Rudi Pozeg Vancas | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petros Mantalos | Midfielder | 33 | 62 |
| Filipe Relvas | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Dereck Kutesa | Midfielder | 80 | 57 |
| Niclas Eliasson | Midfielder | 57 | 54 |
| Aboubakary Koita | Forward | 33 | 44 |
| Lazaros Rota | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Luka Jović | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Harold Moukoudi | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Marko Grujić | Midfielder | 63 | 39 |
| Frantzdy Pierrot | Forward | 27 | 38 |
| Stavros Pilios | Defender | 79 | 30 |
| Răzvan Marin | Midfielder | 57 | 29 |
| Orbelín Pineda | Midfielder | 90 | 27 |
| Thomas Strakosha | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Mijat Gacinovic | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| James Penrice | 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.