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UEFA Champions League Finished

Shakhtar Donetsk vs AEK Athens Prediction

Our pick: Draw at 3.44, locked when this prediction was published. No team reached 45% once the bookmaker margin was removed, and the draw sat within 10 points of the favourite, so the call is the draw; the analysis below is written from match data.

Shakhtar Donetsk

vs

Stamford Bridge (London)

AEK Athens

Result

Lost

Shakhtar Donetsk 3 · AEK Athens 1

Shakhtar Donetsk won

How our call settled

Our pick, Draw at locked odds 3.44, lost. It was published with 28% confidence, leaving a 72% chance for the other outcomes, and one of them came in.

Before the start the best price on Draw had shortened from 3.44 to 3.28, so the market moved towards this pick after it was published.

Analysis

AEK Athens and Shakhtar Donetsk meet in the UEFA Champions League on 14 October 2026, and the market has AEK Athens narrowly ahead at 2.536 against 2.712 for Shakhtar Donetsk. The draw is priced at 3.44.

With the margin removed, the implied chance is 37.4% for AEK Athens, 35.0% for Shakhtar Donetsk and 27.6% for the draw. Across all competitions combined, the clubs have met once since 2023, a club friendly on 13 July 2023 that AEK Athens won. No recent results are available for either team.

Our call is the draw at 3.44, with 28% confidence, and it follows the site's draw rule. Neither team reaches 45% once the margin is removed, the draw sits under the 33% ceiling, and the favourite, AEK Athens, leads it by 9.8 points, inside the 10-point limit. The head-to-head record leans to AEK Athens but left the chance unchanged, and with team news unavailable, a win for either side is entirely possible.

Match winner odds

90 minutes plus stoppage time

Updated

1 · Shakhtar Donetsk 2.515
X · Draw 3.44 Our pick
2 · AEK Athens 3.064

Best price for each outcome before the start; our pick shows its locked odds.

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