AEK Athens 1–2 Royal Antwerp FC — UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2023Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 19:00 UTC

AEK Athens

WDL

1–2Historical match

Royal Antwerp FC

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Royal Antwerp FC won 1–2.

Shots: 187
Shots on target: 33
Possession: 63%37%

Full time

What the match recorded

Royal Antwerp FC beat AEK Athens 2–1. Recorded in this match (AEK Athens – Royal Antwerp FC): shots 18–7, shots on target 3–3, possession 63%–37%, corners 9–1. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

AEK Athens show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

AEK Athens's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	AEK Athens	Royal Antwerp FC	Baseline
Shots	16.8 shots/match	—	11.9 shots/match
Shots against	8.75 shots/match	—	11.8 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots7 shotsAEK Athens 18 shots, Royal Antwerp FC 7 shots
Shots on target3 shots3 shotsAEK Athens 3 shots, Royal Antwerp FC 3 shots
Possession63%37%AEK Athens 63%, Royal Antwerp FC 37%
Corners9 corners1 cornerAEK Athens 9 corners, Royal Antwerp FC 1 corner
Fouls12 fouls7 foulsAEK Athens 12 fouls, Royal Antwerp FC 7 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

AEK Athens: 18 shots, 3 on target, 0.38 xG. Royal Antwerp FC: 7 shots, 3 on target, 0.20 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: AEK Athens 0.38 xG · Royal Antwerp FC 0.20 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0AEK Athens

0Draws

1Royal Antwerp FC

22 Aug 2023Royal Antwerp FC — AEK Athens · UEFA Champions League1–0

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 8 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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