AEK Athens FC 0-1 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 56% – 44%
- Shots 19 (5 on target) – 9 (2)
- Decisive moment: 55' João Pedro, FN xPts +1.0
HT 0:0
João Pedro 55' (pen)
AEK Athens FC edged xG (1.58–1.26) but Brighton took the win.
Player of the matchBart VerbruggenDecisive moment55' João Pedro+1.0
Player of the match
Bart Verbruggen Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.9 (Strong)
Game state
AEK Athens FC ahead 0 min · level 55 min · Brighton ahead 35 min
- AEK Athens FC: Red card 65' → ~25 min a player down
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.
55'
João Pedro
Pen goal
+1.0
65'
Mijat Gaćinović
Red card
−0.1
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
AEK Athens FCBrighton
56%Possession44%
1.58Expected goals (xG)1.26
0.08xG per shot0.14
19Shots9
5Shots on target2
26%Shots on target %22%
14Shots in box8
497Passes412
88%Pass accuracy84%
4Corners4
1Saves5
12Fouls13
3Yellow cards1
4Offsides1
Compared with usual
AEK Athens FC
4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | |
| xG | 1.58 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.26 | 2.5 | |
| Shots | 19 | 15.8 | |
| On target | 5 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 12.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 56% | 41.5% | |
| Passes | 497 | 326.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 77.5% | |
| Corners | 4 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 15.3 |
Brighton
18 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 1.26 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 1.58 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 9 | 13.6 | |
| On target | 2 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 19 | 11.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 44% | 60.8% | low |
| Passes | 412 | 599.6 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 88.4% | low |
| Corners | 4 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 11.1 |
Timeline
- 12' Yellow Joël Veltman
- 27' Yellow Mijat Gaćinović
- 54' VAR João Pedro
- 55' Goal João Pedro (pen) competition goal #5
- 63' Yellow Steven Zuber
- 65' Second yellow Mijat Gaćinović
- 69' Sub Kaoru Mitoma → Mahmoud Dahoud
- 72' Sub Nordin Amrabat → Niclas Eliasson
- 72' Sub Steven Zuber → Ezequiel Ponce
- 72' Sub Petros Mantalos → Sergio Araujo
- 77' Sub João Pedro → James Milner
- 82' Sub Orbelín Pineda → Rodolfo Pizarro
- 87' Sub Evan Ferguson → Joshua Duffus
- 88' Sub Billy Gilmour → Carlos Baleba
Category leaders
- Key passesEhsan Haji Safi3
- Duels wonHarold Moukoudi7/8
- DribblesOrbelín Pineda3/6
- Defensive actionsHarold Moukoudi8
- ShotsOrbelín Pineda5 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonNordin Amrabat3
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.