Brighton 2-3 AEK Athens FC
Key numbers
- Possession 75% – 25%
- Shots 15 (7 on target) – 11 (6)
- Decisive moment: 84' Ezequiel Ponce, FN xPts +1.5
João Pedro 30' (pen)
João Pedro 67' (pen)
João Pedro 67' (pen)
HT 1:2
Djibril Sidibé 11'
Mijat Gaćinović 40'
Ezequiel Ponce 84'
Mijat Gaćinović 40'
Ezequiel Ponce 84'
Brighton edged xG (2.66–1.28) but AEK Athens FC took the win.
Player of the matchJoão PedroDecisive moment84' Ezequiel Ponce+1.5
Player of the match
João Pedro Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Brighton ahead 0 min · level 38 min · AEK Athens FC ahead 52 min
- Ezequiel Ponce — off the bench 22 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
11'
Djibril Sidibé
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Ehsan Haji Safi +0.2
+0.7
30'
João Pedro
Pen goal
+0.8
40'
Mijat Gaćinović
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Levi García +0.3
+0.9
67'
João Pedro
Pen goal
+1.0
84'
Ezequiel Ponce
Goal
+1.5
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for AEK Athens FC is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
BrightonAEK Athens FC
75%Possession25%
2.66Expected goals (xG)1.28
0.18xG per shot0.12
15Shots11
7Shots on target6
47%Shots on target %55%
11Shots in box7
618Passes205
88%Pass accuracy68%
11Corners2
3Saves5
8Fouls15
4Yellow cards7
2Offsides2
Compared with usual
Brighton
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 2.66 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 1.28 | 1.8 | |
| Shots | 15 | 18.6 | |
| On target | 7 | 8.8 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 12 | |
| xG per shot | 0.18 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 75% | 63% | |
| Passes | 618 | 626.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 89.8% | |
| Corners | 11 | 6.4 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 11 |
Timeline
- 11' Goal Djibril Sidibé competition goal #1 assist Ehsan Haji Safi
- 28' VAR João Pedro
- 30' Goal João Pedro (pen) competition goal #1
- 40' Goal Mijat Gaćinović competition goal #1 assist Levi García
- 47' Yellow Igor Júlio
- 47' Yellow Djibril Sidibé
- 55' Sub James Milner → Tariq Lamptey
- 60' Sub Ehsan Haji Safi → Milad Mohammadi
- 65' VAR João Pedro
- 66' Yellow Pervis Estupiñán
- 66' Yellow Gerasimos Mitoglou
- 67' Yellow Damian Szymański
- 67' Goal João Pedro (pen) competition goal #2
- 68' Sub Levi García → Ezequiel Ponce
- 68' Sub Sergio Araujo → Steven Zuber
- 69' Yellow Ezequiel Ponce
- 72' Yellow Mijat Gaćinović
- 76' Yellow Jan Paul van Hecke
- 79' Sub Orbelín Pineda → Petros Mantalos
- 79' Sub Mijat Gaćinović → Niclas Eliasson
- 82' Sub João Pedro → Danny Welbeck
- 84' Goal Ezequiel Ponce competition goal #1
- 86' Sub Kaoru Mitoma → Simon Adingra
- 86' Sub Billy Gilmour → Facundo Buonanotte
- 90+3' Yellow Danny Welbeck
- 90+8' Yellow Petros Mantalos
- 90+10' Yellow Milad Mohammadi
Category leaders
- Key passesJan Paul van Hecke3
- Duels wonJan Paul van Hecke9/16
- DribblesKaoru Mitoma2/7
- Defensive actionsDjibril Sidibé7
- ShotsLevi García4 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonJoão Pedro4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.