Vidi v AEK Athens facts
Only dual Hungarian clubs have ever taken partial in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre and, to make it three, Vidi contingency overcome an AEK Athens side who have themselves not reached that symbol given 2006/07.
• Debrecen were a final Hungarian side to strech a organisation stage, in 2009/10, following in a footsteps of Ferencváros in 1995/96. In their bid to obey them, Vidi have come by 3 rounds already this deteriorate while AEK overcame a European extraction of Celtic in a third subordinate round.
Form guide
Vidi
• Known as Videoton until progressing this year, Vidi kick Luxembourg’s Dudelange in a initial subordinate turn (1-1 away, 2-1 home) before total victories opposite Ludogorets (0-0 away, 1-0 home) and Malmö (1-1 away, 0-0 home).
• The Hungarian bar have mislaid usually one of their final 9 European games (W3 D5), a 4-0 home better opposite Partizan in final season’s UEFA Europa League play-off second leg to endorse total rejecting by a same scoreline. That is Vidi’s usually better in 7 home European outings (W4 D2).
• This is Vidi’s third UEFA Champions League campaign, and a initial time they have done a play-offs; their 2011/12 entrance finished in a second subordinate round, while they progressed a theatre serve in their many new effort, in 2015/16.
• UEFA Cup finalists in 1984/85 – losing to Real Madrid – Vidi’s play-off record in a UEFA Europa League is W1 L2, their sole success entrance on penalties opposite Trabzonspor in 2012/13 after dual goalless draws.
• Vidi have never before played a Greek bar in UEFA competition.
AEK Athens
• AEK won a Greek joining pretension for a 12th time in 2017/18 – their initial championship success given 1994.
• The Athens bar have participated in 4 prior UEFA Champions League organisation theatre campaigns, many recently in 2006/07. Their dual unbroken forays into a competition, in 2007/08 and 2017/18, both finished in a third subordinate round, where they entered this season’s foe and degraded Celtic 3-2 on total (1-1 away, 2-1 home) to strech a play-offs. The home win opposite a Scottish champions finished AEK’s run of 8 unbroken draws in European competition.
• Last deteriorate AEK mislaid to CSKA Moskva in a UEFA Champions League and changed into a UEFA Europa League, where they were eventually separated by Dynamo Kyiv in a turn of 32 notwithstanding avoiding better in all 10 of their matches in a foe (W2 D8).
• AEK kick Club Brugge 3-0 on total in final season’s UEFA Europa League play-offs – their fourth win in 4 attempts during that theatre of a competition.
• The Yellow and Blacks have never won in Hungary, sketch 2-2 during Vasas in a 2000/01 UEFA Cup initial turn initial leg, their many new trip. AEK have won all 5 home games opposite Greek visitors.
Links and trivia
• Loïc Nego and Astrit Ajdarević were Standard Liége team-mates in 2013, and during Charlton in 2014.
• Vidi brazen Marko Šćepović done 13 joining appearances for Olympiacos in 2013/14, scoring 4 goals in a club’s Greek Super League triumph.