AEK Athens 3-2 Universitatea Craiova: result and report

Europa Conference League · Thursday 18 December 2025

Result

AEK Athens 3-2 Universitatea Craiova

Europa Conference League · Thursday 18 December 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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AEK Athens 3-2 Universitatea Craiova: match report

AEK Athens beat Universitatea Craiova 3-2 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 18 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ștefan Baiaram opened the scoring in the 30th minute. AEK Athens's goals came from Domagoj Vida (65'), Dereck Kutesa (90+8') and Luka Jović (90+15', penalty). Universitatea Craiova scored through Ștefan Baiaram (30') and Alexandru Cicâldău (59').

Discipline: AEK Athens received 6 yellow cards; Universitatea Craiova received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game AEK Athens were 7th on 20 points from 11 and Universitatea Craiova 8th on 19 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.

AEK Athens lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Universitatea Craiova in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Domagoj Vida of AEK Athens (8.2), ahead of Alexandru Cicâldău (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AEK Athens win, 1 draw and 0 for Universitatea Craiova.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

5'Yellow card · Domagoj VidaAEK Athens
30'Goal · Ștefan BaiaramUniversitatea Craiova · 0-1
59'Goal · Alexandru CicâldăuUniversitatea Craiova · 0-2
65'Goal · Domagoj VidaAEK Athens · 1-2
72'Yellow card · Ștefan BaiaramUniversitatea Craiova
75'Yellow card · Marko NikolicAEK Athens
75'Yellow card · Marko NikolićAEK Athens
82'Yellow cardAEK Athens
82'Yellow card · Dereck KutesaAEK Athens
82'Yellow cardUniversitatea Craiova
82'Yellow card · Samuel TelesUniversitatea Craiova
90+2'Yellow card · Alexandru CrețuUniversitatea Craiova
90+4'Yellow card · Pavlo IsenkoUniversitatea Craiova
90+8'Goal · Dereck KutesaAEK Athens · 2-2
90+11'Yellow card · Nicușor BancuUniversitatea Craiova
90+12'Yellow card · Lazaros RotaAEK Athens
90+15'Penalty goal · Luka JovićAEK Athens · 3-2
90+16'Red card · Pavlo IsenkoUniversitatea Craiova

Head-to-head

2 meetings: AEK Athens 1, draws 1, Universitatea Craiova 0.

AEK Athens 1-1 Universitatea CraiovaEuropa League · 15 Aug 2019
Universitatea Craiova 0-2 AEK AthensEuropa League · 8 Aug 2019

Team news

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Moses OdubajoAEK Athens · suspension (No Eligibility)
Jens JønssonAEK Athens · suspension (No Eligibility)
Dimitris KaloskamisAEK Athens · suspension (No Eligibility)
Gerasimos MitoglouAEK Athens · suspension (No Eligibility)
Christoforos KolimatsisAEK Athens · suspension (No Eligibility)
João MárioAEK Athens · suspension (No Eligibility)
Darius FălcușanUniversitatea Craiova · suspension (No Eligibility)
Luis ParadelaUniversitatea Craiova · suspension (No Eligibility)

AEK Athens line-up (4-4-1-1)

Thomas Strakosha, Lazaros Rota, Domagoj Vida, Filipe Relvas, Stavros Pilios, Orbelín Pineda, Răzvan Marin, Petros Mantalos, Brian Gartland, Aboubakary Koita, Luka Jović

Universitatea Craiova line-up (5-4-1)

Pavlo Isenko, Samuel Teles, Oleksandr Romanchuk, Vladimir Screciu, Juraj Badelj, Nicușor Bancu, Monday Etim, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Alexandru Cicâldău, Ștefan Baiaram, Assad Al-Hamlawi