Match events
Minute by minute- 11'0–1 Goal: Djibril SidibéAssist: Ehsan Hajsafi AEK Athens
- 30'1–1 Penalty goal: João Pedro pen Brighton
- 40'1–2 Goal: Mijat GacinovicAssist: Levi García AEK Athens
- Half-time 1–2
- 47' Yellow card: Igor Julio Brighton
- 47' Yellow card: Djibril Sidibé AEK Athens
- 55' Substitution: Tariq LampteyOff: James Milner Brighton
- 60' Substitution: Milad MohammadiOff: Ehsan Hajsafi AEK Athens
- 66' Yellow card: Gerasimos Mitoglou AEK Athens
- 66' Yellow card: Pervis Estupiñán Brighton
- 67' Yellow card: Damian Szymanski AEK Athens
- 67'2–2 Penalty goal: João Pedro pen Brighton
- 68' Substitution: Steven ZuberOff: Sergio Araujo AEK Athens
- 68' Substitution: Ezequiel PonceOff: Levi García AEK Athens
- 69' Yellow card: Ezequiel Ponce AEK Athens
- 72' Yellow card: Mijat Gacinovic AEK Athens
- 76' Yellow card: Jan Paul van Hecke Brighton
- 79' Substitution: Niclas EliassonOff: Mijat Gacinovic AEK Athens
- 79' Substitution: Petros MantalosOff: Orbelín Pineda AEK Athens
- 82' Substitution: Danny WelbeckOff: João Pedro Brighton
- 84'2–3 Goal: Ezequiel Ponce AEK Athens
- 86' Substitution: Simon AdingraOff: Kaoru Mitoma Brighton
- 86' Substitution: Facundo BuonanotteOff: Billy Gilmour Brighton
- 90+3' Yellow card: Danny Welbeck Brighton
- 90+8' Yellow card: Petros Mantalos AEK Athens
- 90+10' Yellow card: Milad Mohammadi AEK Athens
Line-ups
Confirmed
Brighton4-2-3-14-5-1AEK Athens
- 23 Steele
- 30 Estupiñán
- 3 Julio
- 29 van Hecke
- 655' Milner
- 1186' Gilmour
- 13 Gross
- 2286' Mitoma
- 31 Fati
- 7 March
- 982' Pedro
- 1 Stankovic
- 28A60' Hajsafi
- 24 Mitoglou
- 4 Szymanski
- 29 Sidibé
- 879' Gacinovic
- 1168' Araujo
- 6 Jonsson
- 1379' Pineda
- 5 Amrabat
- 7A68' García
Brighton bench
- 40Facundo Buonanotte86'
- 24Simon Adingra86'
- 18Danny Welbeck82'
- 2Tariq Lamptey55'
AEK Athens bench
- 3Milad Mohammadi60'
- 14Ezequiel Ponce68'
- 19Niclas Eliasson79'
- 10Steven Zuber68'
- 20Petros Mantalos79'