Champions League

Champions League | Playoffs | 1st Leg

Aug 22, 2023 at 8pm UK

Bosuilstadion

Antwerp
1 - 0
AEK Athens

(Royal Antwerp win 3-1 on aggregate)

Janssen (16')
De Laet (67'), Butez (90+2')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Szymanski (25'), Pineda (53')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Champions League clash between Royal Antwerp and AEK Athens, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Royal Antwerp

All competitions

Last Game: Leuven 1-1 Antwerp
Friday, August 18 at 7.45pm in Belgian Pro League

Goals
for

Top scorers

AEK Athens

All competitions

Champions League

Last Game: AEK Athens 2-2 Dinamo Zagreb
Saturday, August 19 at 7.45pm in Champions League

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Royal Antwerp win with a probability of 41.51%. A win for AEK Athens had a probability of 32.02% and a draw had a probability of 26.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Royal Antwerp win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.66%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.69%) and 2-0 (7.37%). The likeliest AEK Athens win was 0-1 (9.11%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.58%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Royal Antwerp in this match.

Result
Royal Antwerp	Draw	AEK Athens
41.51% ( -0.02)	26.46% ( -0)	32.02% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 51.86% (

0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.17% (

0.03)

52.83% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.55% (

0.02)

74.45% (

-0.02)

Royal Antwerp Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.87% (

25.13% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.17% (

59.83% (

-0)

AEK Athens Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.26% (

0.03)

30.74% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33% (

0.04)

67% (

-0.04)

Score Analysis

Royal Antwerp 41.5%

AEK Athens 32.02%

Draw 26.46%

Royal Antwerp	Draw	AEK Athens
1-0 @ 10.66% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 8.69% ( -0) 2-0 @ 7.37% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 4% 3-0 @ 3.39% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.36% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.38% 4-0 @ 1.17% ( -0) Other @ 2.48% Total : 41.5%	1-1 @ 12.58% 0-0 @ 7.72% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.13% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.93% ( 0) Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.46%	0-1 @ 9.11% ( -0) 1-2 @ 7.42% ( 0) 0-2 @ 5.37% ( 0) 1-3 @ 2.92% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.11% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.02% ( 0) Other @ 3.07% Total : 32.02%