Rayo Vallecano 3-0 AEK Athens: result and report

Europa Conference League · Thursday 9 April 2026

Result

Rayo Vallecano 3-0 AEK Athens

Europa Conference League · Thursday 9 April 2026, 16:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Rayo Vallecano 3-0 AEK Athens: match report

Rayo Vallecano defeated AEK Athens 3-0 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 9 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ilias Akhomach opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Rayo Vallecano's goals came from Ilias Akhomach (2'), Unai López (45+2') and Isi Palazón (74', penalty). AEK Athens did not score.

Discipline: Rayo Vallecano received 1 yellow card; AEK Athens received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rayo Vallecano were 11th on 22 points from 10 and AEK Athens 4th on 26 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.

Rayo Vallecano lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AEK Athens in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pathé Ciss of Rayo Vallecano (7.9), ahead of Ilias Akhomach (7.8).

Going into the match Rayo Vallecano's last five read L-W-W-W-L and AEK Athens's L-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Ilias AkhomachRayo Vallecano · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Marko NikolićAEK Athens
  • 45+2'Goal · Unai LópezRayo Vallecano · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Barnabás VargaAEK Athens
  • 61'Yellow card · Marko NikolićAEK Athens
  • 65'Yellow card · Pedro DíazRayo Vallecano
  • 72'Yellow card · Filipe RelvasAEK Athens
  • 74'Penalty goal · Isi PalazónRayo Vallecano · 3-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Luka JovićAEK Athens

Team news

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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

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

Thomas Strakosha, Lazaros Rota, Harold Moukoudi, Filipe Relvas, Stavros Pilios, Aboubakary Koita, Orbelín Pineda, Petros Mantalos, Brian Gartland, Barnabás Varga, Luka Jović