Brighton & Hove Albion and AEK Athens spectators can't wait for Europa League clash

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 21.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

AEK Athens have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Brighton & Hove Albion. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

Brighton & Hove Albion have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Happy days for Brighton in their previous game, a fixture away at Manchester United that ended with a 3-1 victory. Welbeck, who plays in attack, was the top player for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Welbeck scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Newcastle United in a game that was won 3-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Bournemouth are coming to town in three days.

Brighton & Hove Albion are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Brighton & Hove Albion defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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AEK Athens form and stats

1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AEK Athens in their Super League matches away.

Athens delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Olympiakos Piraeus in their previous match. Zuber got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, top player of the team. Zuber hit two key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Volos NFC.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the AEK Athens manager Almeyda as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Panathinaikos.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, AEK Athens has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Brighton & Hove AlbionE. Ferguson
E. Ferguson
4 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionS. March
S. March
3 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionP. Groß
P. Groß
2 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion AEK Athens
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
13 7   Won W   9 14
4 4   Drew D   1 6
8 3   Lost L   2 5
54 31   Scored S   22 46
36 18   Conceded C   9 20
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
88% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 72%
72% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 60%
52% 57%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 36%
32% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
68% 64%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 44%
4% 7%   Failed to Score F T   17% 20%
 
5.9 7.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
3.7 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   2.7 2.1
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
18.2 21.2   Shots (avg) S (   14.1 14.8
7 7.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5.6
31% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 33%
 
11.2 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   6.8 6.7
4.2 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympique Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 AEK Athens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 5 5 0 0 14 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 8 2 11 15
2 Tottenham Hotspur 5 4 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 9 4 8 13
3 Liverpool 5 4 1 0 12 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 6 3 8 13
4 Arsenal 5 4 1 0 9 4 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 13
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 4 0 1 15 7 3 2 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 7 2 8 12
6 West Ham United 5 3 1 1 10 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 10
7 Aston Villa 5 3 0 2 11 10 2 2 0 0 7 1 3 1 0 2 4 9 1 9
8 Crystal Palace 5 2 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 7
9 Fulham 5 2 1 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 7 -5 7
10 Brentford 5 1 3 1 8 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 6
11 Newcastle United 5 2 0 3 8 7 3 2 0 1 7 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 6
12 Nottingham Forest 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 0 6
13 Manchester United 5 2 0 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 6
14 Chelsea 5 1 2 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 5
15 AFC Bournemouth 5 0 3 2 4 8 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -4 3
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 1 0 4 5 11 2 0 0 2 2 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 -6 3
17 Sheffield United 5 0 1 4 5 9 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
18 Everton 5 0 1 4 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 6 -7 1
19 Burnley 3 0 0 3 3 11 3 0 0 3 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 0
20 Luton Town 4 0 0 4 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 1 8 -8 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 4 3 1 0 11 1 3 3 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 10
2 Panathinaikos 3 3 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 9 9
3 PAOK 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7
4 OFI 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 -1 7
5 PAS Giannina 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
6 AEK Athens 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 5
7 Lamia 4 1 2 1 5 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -3 5
8 Asteras Tripolis 4 1 1 2 7 8 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -1 4
9 Aris 4 1 1 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 2 4 -1 4
10 Kifisia 4 1 1 2 7 10 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 4
11 Panserraikos 4 0 3 1 6 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 5 7 -2 3
12 Panaitolikos 3 0 2 1 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 2
13 Volos NFC 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 1
14 Atromitos 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.