Match events
Minute by minute- 12' Yellow card: Joël Veltman Brighton
- 27' Yellow card: Mijat Gacinovic AEK Athens
- Half-time 0–0
- 55'0–1 Penalty goal: João Pedro pen Brighton
- 63' Yellow card: Steven Zuber AEK Athens
- 65' Red card: Mijat Gacinovic AEK Athens
- 69' Substitution: Mahmoud DahoudOff: Kaoru Mitoma Brighton
- 72' Substitution: Sergio AraujoOff: Petros Mantalos AEK Athens
- 72' Substitution: Ezequiel PonceOff: Steven Zuber AEK Athens
- 72' Substitution: Niclas EliassonOff: Nordin Amrabat AEK Athens
- 77' Substitution: James MilnerOff: João Pedro Brighton
- 82' Substitution: Rodolfo PizarroOff: Orbelín Pineda AEK Athens
- 87' Substitution: Joshua DuffusOff: Evan Ferguson Brighton
- 88' Substitution: Carlos BalebaOff: Billy Gilmour Brighton
Line-ups
Confirmed
AEK Athens4-5-14-2-3-1Brighton
- 1 Stankovic
- 28 Hajsafi
- 2 Moukoudi
- 21 Vida
- 12 Rota
- 8 Gacinovic
- 1382' Pineda
- 4 Szymanski
- 2072' Mantalos
- 572' Amrabat
- 1072' Zuber
- 1 Verbruggen
- 41 Hinshelwood
- 3 Julio
- 5 Dunk
- 34 Veltman
- 1188' Gilmour
- 13 Gross
- 2269' Mitoma
- 2887' Ferguson
- 24 Adingra
- 977' Pedro
AEK Athens bench
- 14Ezequiel Ponce72'
- 11Sergio Araujo72'
- 19Niclas Eliasson72'
- 70Rodolfo Pizarro82'
Brighton bench
- 20Carlos Baleba88'
- 6James Milner77'
- 56Joshua Duffus87'
- 8Mahmoud Dahoud69'