UEFA Champions League · 2026ScheduledSeason opening
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What the record shows

The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

Season-opening preview

Current-season evidence is still building.

This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.

0 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade

Current season so far

Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.

  • AEK Athens FC0 matches
  • Levski Sofia1 matches

Previous-season context

Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.

Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.

AEK Athens FC

Competition
UEFA Conference League
Season
2025/26
Sample
16 matches
Profile grade
A
Data cutoff
27 May 2026
  • Goals scored1.88 goals/match
  • Goals allowed1.06 goals/match
  • Expected goals1.93 xG/match
  • Expected goals allowed1.4 xG/match
  • Shots17.1 shots/match
  • Shots allowed11.6 shots/match
  • Shots on target6.08 shots/match
  • Shots on target allowed4.17 shots/match
  • Possession52.4%
  • Corners6 corners/match
  • Corners allowed4.33 corners/match
  • Cards2.63 cards/match
  • Fouls10.5 fouls/match
  • Clean-sheet frequency38%
  • Scoring frequency81%

Levski Sofia

Competition
UEFA Conference League
Season
2025/26
Sample
4 matches
Profile grade
C
Data cutoff
27 May 2026
  • Goals scored1 goal/match
  • Goals allowed1.5 goals/match
  • Clean-sheet frequency50%
  • Scoring frequency75%

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailableunavailable
Season samples0 / 1home / away teams
Recent samples0 / 1last-five windows
Freshness15 daysstale at cutoff
  • At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
  • At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
  • Paired coverage is below the configured metric threshold.
  • At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
  • 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 nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
Analysis cutoff: Wed, 26 Aug 2026, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4