Shakhtar Donetsk come from behind to beat AEK Athens 3-1 in Champions League

Shakhtar Donetsk secured an important win over visiting AEK Athens by 3-1, in the match that brought the two sides together in the second round of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League, held at ten in the evening Damascus time.

AEK Athens opened the scoring through Lovro Majer in the 28th minute, before Shakhtar Donetsk equalised with a penalty converted by Pedrinho in the 34th minute. In the second half, Vinícius Tobias extended his team's lead with a goal in the 80th minute, before Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios added Shakhtar's third goal in the 86th minute to seal the result of the match.

The match did not see any red cards, while Shakhtar Donetsk received one yellow card compared to four yellow cards for AEK Athens.

Vinícius Tobias was named the best player of the match after scoring a goal and playing the full 90 minutes of the match, with a rating of 7.75.

Statistically, Shakhtar Donetsk dominated possession with 54 percent compared to 46 percent for AEK Athens, and completed 447 passes compared to 367 for their opponent. AEK Athens had a greater number of shots with 13 shots compared to 12 for Shakhtar, while Shakhtar had more shots on target with four compared to three for AEK Athens. The expected goals value stood at 1.39 for Shakhtar compared to 1.12 for AEK Athens.

The match was officiated by referee Chris Kavanagh.

With this result, AEK Athens raised their tally to 3 points from one win in one match to occupy 17th place in the standings with one goal scored and none conceded, while Shakhtar Donetsk remained in 24th place with one point from one draw in one match, having scored one goal and conceded one goal.