KF Shkendija Haracine 77 0, AEK Larnakas 1

LÁRNAKA, Cyprus (Dec. 18, 2025) – Defying a lopsided statistical projection, AEK Larnaca ground out a narrow 1-0 victory over North Macedonia’s Shkendija in a tense Europa League group stage match Thursday afternoon at AEK Arena (Interstat) — George Karapatakis. The contest, anticipated by analytics firm Interstat to be a high-scoring affair with a projected final score of 4-2, instead became a defensive struggle settled by a single, late goal. The simulator had given the Cypriot side a 96.60 percent probability to win, but the visiting Shkendija defense made that victory far harder to secure than expected. The game’s complexion… Read more...