UEFA Champions League Matchday 6 Tue, Dec 8 · 20:00 OPAP Arena, Athens
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Away travel560 kmRest days14 · 4.1Matches / 14d1 · 2
Real contextStrength only
AEK Athens FC—%
Draw—%
Galatasaray—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Athens)

Forecast from 23 Nov

Referee—Not appointed yet

Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for AEK Athens FC and Galatasaray. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

AEK Athens FCGalatasaray
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
53 Current StrengthIn forecast 62
50 AttackIn forecast 57
57 DefenceIn forecast 55
— Form indexContext 59
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

AEK Athens FC

Attack—
Defense risk—

Galatasaray

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

AEK Athens FCGalatasaray
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 3.50
1.42 xGVia Att/Def 0.85
1.06 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.27
-0.42 Goals minus xGContext +0.15
100% Scored inContext 100%
50% Clean sheetsContext 0%
15.50 ShotsContext 7.50
3.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.00
23% On target shareContext 40%
9.00 Shots in the boxContext 5.50
59% Box shareContext 70%
7% ConversionContext 13%
2.00 OffsidesContext —
11.50 Shots allowedContext 14.50
3.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 8.00
3.50 BlocksContext 3.00
2.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
57% Save rateContext 44%
48% PossessionIn forecast 46%
386 PassesContext 402
328 Accurate passesContext 343
85% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.88 Team ratingContext 6.25
12.00 FoulsContext 11.00
15.50 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
2.50 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
1.80 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.90
1.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.80
1.77 xGVia Att/Def 1.97
1.16 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.22
+0.03 Goals minus xGContext -0.07
70% Scored inContext 90%
50% Clean sheetsContext 30%
14.90 ShotsContext 19.20
5.30 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.50
36% On target shareContext 34%
10.00 Shots in the boxContext 13.20
67% Box shareContext 69%
12% ConversionContext 10%
1.80 OffsidesContext 3.43
10.40 Shots allowedContext 11.50
3.78 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.78
2.44 BlocksContext 3.56
2.56 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.78
68% Save rateContext 64%
51% PossessionIn forecast 57%
406 PassesContext 460
346 Accurate passesContext 397
85% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.98 Team ratingContext 6.86
13.90 FoulsContext 11.60
14.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.60
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.80
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.20
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

AEK Athens FC
Rest14 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km2,976 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
Form 52 · 3 pts vs 2.8 for an average club · +0.2 vs expected
  • L14 OctA · Shakhtar Donetsk1–31.1 xPts
  • W8 SepH · Lask Linz1–01.7 xPts
Galatasaray
Rest4.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel560 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 59 · 9 pts vs 8.0 for an average club · -0.5 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · Genclerbirligi1–02.2 xPts
  • L13 OctH · Barcelona1–40.7 xPts
  • W9 OctH · Kasimpasa3–12.3 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Trabzonspor0–41.9 xPts
  • W13 SepH · Kocaelispor1–02.4 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
AEK Athens FC Galatasaray
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match14UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - League phase, 24 Nov4.1Süper Lig 2026-2027, 4 Dec
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km560 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways2,976 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 11 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one423.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

AEK Athens FC Last XI · not confirmed
4-4-2 · vs Shakhtar Donetsk (A) 1–3, 14 Oct
91A. Brignoli(G)
3S. Pilios 44Filipe Relvas 2H. Moukoudi 12L. Rota
11A. Koita 18R. Marin 27M. Vitális 14L. Majer
9L. Jović 90Zine
Galatasaray Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Genclerbirligi (A) 1–0, 17 Oct
1U. Çakır(G)
17E. Elmalı 42A. Bardakcı 6D. Sánchez 7R. Sallai
8Gabriel Sara 99M. Lemina
53B. Yılmaz 83A. Batrakov 10L. Sané
45V. Osimhen

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
AEK Athens FC Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Galatasaray Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

AEK Athens FC · Home 3.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
1-0-0
Scored
1.00
Conceded
0.00
Galatasaray · Away 0.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
3.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

AEK Athens FC2 games · scored 2 · conceded 3
0-15
2 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
61-75
2 76-90
Galatasaray2 games · scored 2 · conceded 7
1 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 31-45
3 46-60
2 61-75
76-90
AEK Athens FC10 games · scored 18 · conceded 11
5 2 0-15
5 16-30
3 4 31-45
3 1 46-60
2 2 61-75
2 76-90
Galatasaray10 games · scored 19 · conceded 18
2 1 0-15
3 2 16-30
3 3 31-45
2 4 46-60
3 6 61-75
6 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.

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