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.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Zini
- 19'Yellow card · Ilias Akhomach
- 30'Yellow card · Barnabás Varga
- 36'Penalty goal · Răzvan Marin
- 45'Yellow card · Unai López
- 51'Goal · Zini
- 60'Goal · Isi Palazón
- 90+1'Yellow card · Aboubakary Koita
- 90+6'Yellow card · Pedro Díaz
Head-to-head
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