Levski Sofia vs AEK Athens, 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Qualifying, Playoff Round

· 1st Leg

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1st Leg

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Levski Sofia are hosting AEK Athens at Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League Qualifying.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Reinaldo (Levski Sofia).
1': Lazaros Rota (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Attempt missed. Serginho (Levski Sofia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aldair.
9': Foul by Nikola Serafimov (Levski Sofia).
9': Zine (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Luka Jovic (AEK Athens).
17': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
17': Attempt missed. Everton Bala (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Álex Centelles following a set piece situation.
20': Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Lovro Majer with a through ball.
24': Everton Bala (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Lazaros Rota (AEK Athens).
25': Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Armstrong Oko-Flex (Levski Sofia).
26': Serginho (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Razvan Marin (AEK Athens).
28': Serginho (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Foul by Lovro Majer (AEK Athens).
29': Attempt missed. Nikola Serafimov (Levski Sofia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Serginho following a set piece situation.
29': Corner, Levski Sofia. Conceded by Thomas Strakosha.
31': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Nikola Serafimov.
32': Attempt missed. Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Lovro Majer with a cross.
33': Attempt missed. Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
33': Mehdi El Moubarik (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Zine (AEK Athens).
35': Kristian Dimitrov (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Luka Jovic (AEK Athens).
37': Armstrong Oko-Flex (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens).
38': Attempt blocked. Everton Bala (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Armstrong Oko-Flex.
38': Attempt saved. Mehdi El Moubarik (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Thomas Strakosha (AEK Athens).
40': Attempt blocked. Everton Bala (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Serafimov.
41': Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Aldair (Levski Sofia).
43': Attempt missed. Armstrong Oko-Flex (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
44': Attempt missed. Luka Jovic (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stavros Pilios.
45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
45'+1': First Half ends, Levski Sofia 0, AEK Athens 0.
45': Second Half begins Levski Sofia 0, AEK Athens 0.
47': Attempt missed. Reinaldo (Levski Sofia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Armstrong Oko-Flex with a cross.
49': Attempt blocked. Everton Bala (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maicon.
50': Delay in match (Levski Sofia).
50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
53': Attempt missed. Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aboubakary Koïta.
54': Attempt blocked. Aboubakary Koïta (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Jovic.
54': Attempt saved. Maicon (Levski Sofia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Thomas Strakosha (AEK Athens). Assisted by Svetoslav Vutsov.
55': Attempt missed. Serginho (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Armstrong Oko-Flex.
55': Attempt blocked. Reinaldo (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Serginho.
56': Attempt saved. Kristian Dimitrov (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Thomas Strakosha (AEK Athens).
57': Substitution, AEK Athens. Barnabás Varga replaces Luka Jovic.
57': Substitution, AEK Athens. Petros Mantalos replaces Lovro Majer.
59': Attempt saved. Zine (AEK Athens) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Svetoslav Vutsov (Levski Sofia). Assisted by Razvan Marin.
60': Attempt blocked. Zine (AEK Athens) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
60': Corner, AEK Athens. Conceded by Aldair.
61': Attempt missed. Filipe Relvas (AEK Athens) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross following a corner.
65': Attempt missed. Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Barnabás Varga.
66': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (AEK Athens).
66': Maicon (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez replaces Armstrong Oko-Flex.
68': Foul by Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens).
68': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (AEK Athens).
70': Maicon (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73': Attempt missed. Razvan Marin (AEK Athens) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Petros Mantalos.
75': Attempt missed. Reinaldo (Levski Sofia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mehdi El Moubarik.
76': Attempt missed. Barnabás Varga (AEK Athens) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
77': Foul by Stavros Pilios (AEK Athens).
77': Reinaldo (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
78': Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78': Foul by Aldair (Levski Sofia).
79': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Asen Mitkov replaces Reinaldo.
79': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Mazire Soula replaces Everton Bala.
80': Foul by Filipe Relvas (AEK Athens).
80': Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
80': Attempt missed. Álex Centelles (Levski Sofia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
81': Substitution, AEK Athens. Oleksandr Zubkov replaces Zine.
81': Substitution, AEK Athens. Mijat Gacinovic replaces Aboubakary Koïta.
81': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (AEK Athens).
81': Serginho (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Barnabás Varga (AEK Athens).
82': Svetoslav Vutsov (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
84': Foul by Mazire Soula (Levski Sofia).
85': Offside, AEK Athens. Barnabás Varga is caught offside.
85': Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez (Levski Sofia).
87': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (AEK Athens).
87': Asen Mitkov (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Razvan Marin (AEK Athens).
88': Aldair (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
88': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Hevertton Santos replaces Aldair.
89': Substitution, Levski Sofia. Stivan Stoyanchov replaces Maicon.
90': Foul by Oleksandr Zubkov (AEK Athens).
90': Álex Centelles (Levski Sofia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90': Foul by Hevertton Santos (Levski Sofia).
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Levski Sofia 0, AEK Athens 0.
0': Match ends, Levski Sofia 0, AEK Athens 0.

Statistics

AEK		LEV
17	Fouls	8
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
2	Corner Kicks	1
3	Saves	1
48.3	Possession	51.7
12	SHOTS	15
1	ON GOAL	3
0.1	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
397	Accurate Passes	432
458	Passes	490
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	1
11	Crosses	11
0.2	Cross %	0.1
42	Long Balls	52
21	Accurate Long Balls	30
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	4
9	Effective Tackles	9
15	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	6
17	Effective Clearances	20
17	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League Qualifying

Venue: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Line-Ups

Levski Sofia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
92	Svetoslav Vutsov (GK)
31	Nikola Serafimov
50	Kristian Dimitrov
20	Álex Centelles
21	Aldair
35	Serginho
3	Maicon
19	El Mehdi El Moubarik
7	Reinaldo
17	Everton Bala
11	Armstrong Okoflex

Levski Sofia Substitutes:

Martin Lukov, Stivan Stoyanchov, Adrian Raychev, Hevertton Santos, David Kusso, Mazire Soula, Juan Esteban Perea Sanchez, Asen Mitkov, Christian Makoun, Ognyan Vladimirov, Gasper Trdin.

AEK Athens (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Strakosha (GK)
44	Filipe Relvas
2	Harold Moukoudi
3	Stavros Pilios
12	Lazaros Rota
6	Kaan Kairinen
18	Razvan Marin
11	Aboubakary Koita
14	Lovro Majer
9	Luka Jovic
90	Zini

AEK Athens Substitutes:

Dereck Kutesa, Martin Georgiev, Barnabás Varga, Oleksandr Zubkov, Domagoj Vida, Petros Mantalos, Alberto Brignoli, Dimitrios Kaloskamis, Mijat Gacinovic, Marios Balamotis.

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