AEK Athens 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: result and report

Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 April 2026

Result

AEK Athens 3-1 Rayo Vallecano

Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

AEK Athens · Rayo Vallecano · Europa Conference League predictions

AEK Athens 3-1 Rayo Vallecano: match report

AEK Athens beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 16 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Zini opened the scoring in the 13th minute. AEK Athens's goals came from Zini (13'), Răzvan Marin (36', penalty) and Zini (51'). Rayo Vallecano scored through Isi Palazón (60').

Discipline: AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards; Rayo Vallecano received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game AEK Athens were 5th on 26 points from 15 and Rayo Vallecano 7th on 25 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.

AEK Athens lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rayo Vallecano in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Răzvan Marin of AEK Athens (8.0), ahead of Zini (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 AEK Athens wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rayo Vallecano.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · ZiniAEK Athens · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Ilias AkhomachRayo Vallecano
  • 30'Yellow card · Barnabás VargaAEK Athens
  • 36'Penalty goal · Răzvan MarinAEK Athens · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Unai LópezRayo Vallecano
  • 51'Goal · ZiniAEK Athens · 3-0
  • 60'Goal · Isi PalazónRayo Vallecano · 3-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Aboubakary KoitaAEK Athens
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Pedro DíazRayo Vallecano

Head-to-head

1 meetings: AEK Athens 0, draws 0, Rayo Vallecano 1.

Team news

Unavailable

AEK Athens line-up (4-4-2)

Thomas Strakosha, Lazaros Rota, Harold Moukoudi, Filipe Relvas, Stavros Pilios, Aboubakary Koita, Răzvan Marin, Orbelín Pineda, Dereck Kutesa, Zini, Barnabás Varga

Rayo Vallecano line-up (4-2-3-1)

Augusto Batalla, Andrei Rațiu, Florian Lejeune, Luiz Felipe, Pep Chavarría, Unai López, Pathé Ciss, Ilias Akhomach, Isi Palazón, Álvaro García, Jorge de Frutos