AEK Athens FC host Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. Both sides have been in decent recent form, picking up plenty of wins across their last run of matches in various competitions.
This game is still a month away from where we're looking at things, so there's time yet for squads and form to shift before kickoff. What we do know is how each side has performed over their last twenty matches, and that gives us a starting point.
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Recent form: both sides winning regularly
AEK Athens FC's last 20 matches, spread across the Super League, cup competitions, Champions League qualifiers and friendlies, show 13 wins, 6 draws and just a single loss. They've scored 47 goals and conceded only 13, a healthy return across a mixed set of fixtures.
AEK Athens FC: 20 completed matches; Real Madrid: 20 completed matches.
AEK Athens FC
- Win
- 65% 13 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 5% 1 / 20
- Scored
- 48
- Conceded
- 12
- Difference
- +36
Real Madrid
- Win
- 75% 15 / 20
- Draw
- 10% 2 / 20
- Loss
- 15% 3 / 20
- Scored
- 43
- Conceded
- 18
- Difference
- +25
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super League 1 | AEK Athens FC | OFI | 10.10.2026 | 3-0 |
| Super League 1 | Volos NFC | AEK Athens FC | 20.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Cup | AEK Athens FC | Panserraikos | 17.09.2026 | 8-1 |
| Super League 1 | Asteras Tripolis | AEK Athens FC | 13.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | AEK Athens FC | Lask Linz | 08.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Super League 1 | AEK Athens FC | Aris Thessalonikis | 05.09.2026 | 5-0 |
| Cup | Nestos Chrisoupolis | AEK Athens FC | 02.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Super League 1 | Kifisia | AEK Athens FC | 30.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | AEK Athens FC | Levski Sofia | 26.08.2026 | 4-0 |
| Super League 1 | AEK Athens FC | Iraklis 1908 | 22.08.2026 | 4-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Liga | Real Madrid | Villarreal | 10.10.2026 | 1-0 |
| La Liga | Atletico Madrid | Real Madrid | 20.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| La Liga | Elche | Real Madrid | 15.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| La Liga | Real Madrid | Rayo Vallecano | 12.09.2026 | 4-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid | Inter | 08.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| La Liga | Real Betis | Real Madrid | 04.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| La Liga | Real Madrid | Malaga | 30.08.2026 | 4-0 |
| La Liga | Real Madrid | Real Sociedad | 26.08.2026 | 4-1 |
| La Liga | Espanyol | Real Madrid | 22.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | FC Schalke 04 | Real Madrid | 16.08.2026 | 0-3 |
Real Madrid's own sample of 20 matches reads 15 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, with 44 goals for and 19 against. All three of their defeats in this stretch came away from home, including narrow losses at Espanyol and Sevilla.
Real Madrid's away form has been the shakier part of their recent record, which matters with this one being on the road for them.
Comparative Team Statistics: AEK Athens FC vs Real Madrid
Early days in the league phase table
Both teams won their opening Champions League league phase match, which puts them level on three points. AEK sit 16th and Real Madrid 14th, but with only one game played each, that table doesn't tell us much yet.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 3 |
| 14 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 3 |
| 15 | Arsenal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 3 |
| 16 | AEK Athens FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 3 |
| 17 | AS Roma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
Varga's early scoring form
B. Varga has scored twice in three matches for AEK this season, a promising return from a small sample. There's no wider squad or injury information to go on beyond that, so it's hard to build a fuller picture of the team news just yet.
What might shape the game
AEK's only loss in their sample came away from home too, so this is a side that's generally been hard to beat. Real Madrid, by contrast, have shown they can be got at on the road, losing three times away from their own ground.
With the league phase table still so fresh, neither side has much to lean on from this campaign yet. It makes the broader recent form the main thing worth watching heading into this one.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| João Mário | Portugal | 33 | Midfielder | 179 | 73 |
| P. Mantalos | Greece | 35 | Midfielder | 176 | 73 |
| L. Majer | Croatia | 28 | Midfielder | 178 | 76 |
| M. Gaćinović | Serbia | 31 | Midfielder | 175 | 67 |
| L. Jović | Serbia | 28 | Attacker | 181 | 78 |
| T. Strakosha | Albania | 31 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 78 |
| D. Vida | Croatia | 37 | Defender | 184 | 76 |
| R. Marin | Romania | 30 | Midfielder | 178 | 70 |
| B. Varga | Hungary | 31 | Attacker | 181 | 74 |
| A. Koita | Belgium | 28 | Midfielder | 175 | 69 |
| H. Moukoudi | Cameroon | 28 | Defender | 191 | 96 |
| S. Pilios | Greece | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| M. Vitális | Hungary | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| C. Lykogiannis | Greece | 32 | Defender | 190 | 82 |
| A. Brignoli | Italy | 35 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 79 |
| D. Kutesa | Switzerland | 28 | Midfielder | 177 | 76 |
| K. Kairinen | Finland | 27 | Midfielder | 186 | 70 |
| L. Rota | Greece | 29 | Defender | 177 | 67 |
| O. Zubkov | Ukraine | 30 | Midfielder | 182 | 78 |
| K. Arriaga | Honduras | 28 | Midfielder | 191 | 77 |
| Filipe Relvas | Portugal | 27 | Defender | 192 cm | 78 kg |
| Zini | Angola | 24 | Attacker | 181 | 73 |
| Dimitrios Kaloskamis | Greece | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| C. Alexiou | Greece | 21 | Defender | 184 cm | 79 kg |
| M. Todorski | Bulgaria | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Marios Balamotis | n/a | n/a | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| S. Christakopoulos | n/a | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Argyris Argyriou | Greece | 17 | Forward | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Dumfries | Netherlands | 30 | Defender | 188 | 80 |
| Kylian Mbappé | France | 27 | Attacker | 178 | 75 |
| T. Alexander-Arnold | England | 28 | Midfielder | 175 | 67 |
| Bernardo Silva | Portugal | 32 | Midfielder | 173 | 65 |
| T. Courtois | Belgium | 34 | Goalkeeper | 200 | 96 |
| Brahim Díaz | Morocco | 27 | Midfielder | 171 | 59 |
| F. Valverde | Uruguay | 28 | Midfielder | 182 | 78 |
| Vinícius Júnior | Brazil | 26 | Midfielder | 176 | 73 |
| I. Konaté | France | 27 | Defender | 194 | 95 |
| A. Tchouaméni | France | 26 | Midfielder | 187 | 81 |
| E. Camavinga | France | 23 | Midfielder | 182 | 68 |
| A. Rüdiger | Germany | 33 | Defender | 190 | 85 |
| Marc Cucurella | Spain | 28 | Defender | 174 | 66 |
| A. Lunin | Ukraine | 27 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 80 |
| J. Bellingham | England | 23 | Midfielder | 186 | 75 |
| Álvaro Fernández | Spain | 23 | Defender | 186 | 78 |
| A. Güler | Türkiye | 21 | Midfielder | 176 | 67 |
| Raúl Asencio | Spain | 23 | Defender | 184 | 79 |
| D. Huijsen | Netherlands | 21 | Defender | 195 | 87 |
| Endrick | Brazil | 20 | Attacker | 173 | 66 |
| Sergio Mestre | Spain | 21 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 80 |
| Carlos Espí | Spain | 21 | Attacker | 185 | 90 |
| Mario Rivas | Spain | 19 | Defender | 188 cm | 73 kg |
| Javier Navarro | Spain | 19 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Thiago Pitarch | Spain | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Y. Diomande | Côte d'Ivoire | 19 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Sergio Martínez | Spain | 19 | Midfielder | 185 cm | n/a |
| A. Ciria | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Cestero Sancho | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
Both sides arrive with decent recent form, and AEK's record of just one defeat in their sample stands out. Real Madrid's away form has been a touch more fragile, including three losses on the road in their last twenty matches.
Without a market to weigh up and with the league phase table barely underway, we're happy to sit this one out rather than force a pick.
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