AEK Athens vs Real Madrid Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Nov 4, 2026)

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AEK Athens27th in the Champions League
FINAL2 – 3
Real Madrid logo
Real Madrid5th in the Champions League

Champions League · Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 12:45 PM ET

How the bets settled

ResultReal Madrid winFinished 2-3
Total goalsOver 3.55 goals, 1.5 over
Both teams to scoreYesAEK Athens 2, Real Madrid 3

Match report

AEK Athens 2-3 Real Madrid, decided late when Valverde scored in stoppage time from Diaz’s assist. Koita had opened the scoring on 12 minutes from Jovic, Bellingham levelled on 32 from Cucurella, Pilo put AEK back ahead on 75 from Koita’s assist, and Mbappe made it 2-2 on 78 from Dumfries before Valverde’s winner. Koita was sent off on 90+5.

Real Madrid’s match stats backed the win: 3.34 xG to 0.87, 24 shots to 9, 70% possession and 8 shots on target to 5, though AEK had 3 big chances to Real’s 2. The result fitted the pre-match numbers. Real arrived with WWW form, AEK with LLW. Both teams scored in 100% of Real’s matches and 67% of AEK’s, and over 2.5 goals landed in 100% and 67% respectively. Koita was involved in both AEK goals before his red card.

How the props finished

3 of 9 cleared

PlayerLinePriceResult
Federico ValverdeOver 1.5 tackles-120 bet3650 Missed
Jude BellinghamOver 1.5 tackles-200 bet3652 Cleared
Vinicius JuniorOver 1.5 shots on target+135 BetRivers0 Missed
Éder MilitãoOver 0.5 shots-139 BetRivers2 Cleared
Antonio RüdigerOver 0.5 fouls-137 bet3650 Missed
Álvaro CarrerasOver 0.5 yellow card+400 bet3650 Missed
Bernardo SilvaOver 1.5 tackles-137 bet3651 Missed
Denzel DumfriesOver 1.5 shots+180 BetRivers1 Missed
Kylian MbappéOver 2.5 shots on target+120 BetMGM3 Cleared

Each player’s top line by recent hit rate before the match, graded against the box score. These are research lines, not posted picks.

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Goals

  • 12′ A. Koita, assist L. Jovic AEK Athens
  • 32′ J. Bellingham, assist M. Cucurella Real Madrid
  • 75′ S. Pilo, assist A. Koita AEK Athens
  • 78′ K. Mbappe, assist D. Dumfries Real Madrid
  • 90+2′ F. Valverde, assist B. Diaz Real Madrid

Sent off: A. Koita (AEK Athens, 90+5′)

Match statsAEK AthensReal Madrid
Expected goals (xG)0.873.34
Ball possession30%70%
Total shots924
Shots on target58
Big chances32
Corner kicks07
Passes85% (234/275)92% (580/629)
Yellow cards11
Red cards10

How the key matchups went

  • Koita: 3 shots, 1 shot on target, 3 fouls won. Cucurella: 5 fouls committed, 4 tackles, 1 yellow card.
  • Majer: 0 shots, 0 shots on target, 0 fouls won. Dumfries: 1 foul committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Jovic: 1 shot, 1 shot on target, 1 foul won. Eder Militao: 0 fouls committed, 3 tackles, 0 yellow cards. Rudiger: 0 fouls committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards.
  • Gacinovic: 1 shot, 1 shot on target, 6 fouls won. Eder Militao: 0 fouls committed, 3 tackles, 0 yellow cards. Rudiger: 0 fouls committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards.
  • Diomande: 1 shot, 0 shots on target, 0 fouls won. Pilo: 0 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Vinicius Junior: 3 shots, 0 shots on target, 2 fouls won. Rota: 3 fouls committed, 3 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
  • Mbappe: 7 shots, 3 shots on target, 1 foul won. Moukoudi: 0 fouls committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards. Relvas: 0 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.

Box score

AEK Athens

PlayerMINGASHSOTxGKPPASTKLFCFSYCSVRAT
Kairinen K.6000000.00010/11010005.8
Relvas F.9000000.00029/30000006.2
Jovic L.8801110.18216/17011007.2
Arriaga K.9000000.00029/30031106.9
Moukoudi H.9000110.08028/30100006.4
Pilo S.9010110.19121/24000007.1
Brignoli A.9000000.00021/27000057.4
Gacinovic M.6000110.15110/14106006.5
Majer L.5300000.00211/12300007.3
Rota L.9000000.00016/22331005.9
Koita A.9011310.17117/18403007.9
Marin R.3000200.0908/9000006.4
Zini3700000.0016/10402006.8
Zubkov O.200000.0000/100000–
Varga B.3000000.0007/12011006.6

Real Madrid

PlayerMINGASHSOTxGKPPASTKLFCFSYCSVRAT
Bellingham J.8610310.30157/61203008.8
Vinicius Junior8100300.17226/31002006.9
Diomande Y.6700100.02234/38200007.1
Camavinga E.9000000.00253/57961007.4
Mbappe K.9010731.36128/35001008.6
Courtois T.9000000.00018/19000036.3
Eder Militao9000210.12061/65301007.3
Cucurella M.8101210.28275/80450108.2
Silva B.6700100.55254/56110006.9
Dumfries D.9001110.28244/46010007.2
Rudiger A.9000000.00075/77100006.9
Carreras A.900000.0007/701000–
Valverde F.2310110.03226/30000006.8
Diaz B.901100.14010/1000100–
Endrick2300200.1016/10010006.6
Espi C.400000.0001/200000–

StatsBench picks

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AEK Athens vs Real Madrid pre-game preview

AEK Athens host Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday. Real Madrid are the moneyline favorite at -450, with the draw at +700 and AEK Athens at +1200, and the total is 3.5.

AEK are 27th with 3 points from 3 matches (W1 D0 L2), with most recent form LLW. Real Madrid are 5th with 9 points from 3 (W3 D0 L0), with form WWW. AEK have scored 1.00 and conceded 2.67 per match; Real Madrid have scored 3.33 and conceded 1.67, and both teams scored in all three Real Madrid matches.

The useful angles are defensive and availability based. AEK have conceded 8 in 3 Champions League matches, while Real Madrid’s injury report includes Rodrygo and Raúl Asencio, and their confirmed XI lists Arda Güler and Aurélien Tchouaméni as missing. Jude Bellingham’s over 1.5 tackles at -200 cleared in 7 of his last 10.

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Confirmed lineups

The official starting XIs. The badge on each player: how often he cleared his strongest prop line (named under him) over his recent matches; green at 70% or better.

AEK Athens 4-4-2Real Madrid 4-2-3-1
91 Brignoli
12 Rota
2 Moukoudi (C)
44 Relvas
3 Pilo
11 Koita
16 Arriaga
6 Kairinen
14 Majer
9 Jovic
8 Gacinovic
1 Courtois
24 Dumfries
3 Eder Militao
22 Rudiger
17 Cucurella
20 Silva
6 Camavinga
25 Diomande
5 Bellingham
7 Vinicius Junior (C)
10 Mbappe

AEK Athens missing: C. Alexiou (off the roster), M. Georgiev (off the roster), Joao Mario (illness), D. Kutesa (off the roster), F. Pierrot (off the roster), H. Sahabo (off the roster)

Real Madrid missing: R. Asencio (broken leg), A. Guler (coach’s decision), F. Mendy (hip), Rodrygo (knee), A. Tchouameni (coach’s decision)

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Form and head to head

AEK Athens27th in the tableLLW1W 0D 2L · 1.00 points a match
No recent meetings
Real Madrid5th in the tableWWW3W 0D 0L · 3.00 points a match

Clean sheets and goal trends

AEK Athens

33%
Clean sheet1/3
0%
Failed to score0/3
67%
Both scored2/3
67%
Over 2.52/3

Real Madrid

0%
Clean sheet0/3
0%
Failed to score0/3
100%
Both scored3/3
100%
Over 2.53/3

Attack and defense

Attacking

AEK AthensReal Madrid
33%Win %100%
44%Possession %49%
67%Both teams scored %100%
67%Scored first %67%
  • 1.0Scored per match3.3
  • 11.0Shots per match16.7
  • 3.3Shots on target per match9.0
  • 1.7Big chances per match3.0

Defensive

AEK AthensReal Madrid
67%Loss %0%
0%Failed to score %0%
33%Clean sheet %0%
33%Conceded first %33%
  • 2.7Conceded per match1.7
  • 12.7Shots against per match15.3
  • 19.0Tackles per match14.7
  • 11.3Fouls per match11.0

Per-match rates this season. Each spoke of the charts is scaled to the higher of the two clubs.

Recent results

AEK Athens FCLLWL 1-5 at MCI · L 1-3 at SHK · W 1-0 vs Lask Linz
Real MadridWWWW 4-1 vs RBL · W 4-3 at AS Roma · W 2-1 vs INT

Last five Champions League results, most recent first.

Season numbers

AEK Athens FCReal Madrid
Table27 (3 pts)5 (9 pts)
Record (W-D-L)1-0-23-0-0
Home / away record1-0-0 (1-0) home1-0-0 (4-3) away
Goals scored per match1.003.33
Goals conceded per match2.671.67
Shots / on target per match11.00 / 3.3316.67 / 9.00
Both teams scored67%100%
Over 1.5 / 2.5 / 3.5 goals67% / 67% / 67%100% / 100% / 67%
Clean sheets33%0%
Failed to score0%0%
Yellow cards per match1.671.00
Corners per match4.006.00

This season, 3 and 3 matches.

Injury report

AEK Athens

  • João Mário (M): Out, Illness

Real Madrid

  • Rodrygo (F): Out, Cruciate Ligament Injury
  • Raúl Asencio (D): Out, Leg Injury
  • Arda Güler (M): Out, Physical Discomfort
  • Aurélien Tchouaméni (M): Out, Physical Discomfort
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AEK Athens vs Real Madrid odds by sportsbook

BookAEK MLRMA MLOverUnder
bet365––O 1.5 -1000U 1.5 +600
FanDuel––O 5.5 +2200U 5.5 -10000

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Line movement chart

Total 3.5 → 3.5
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