1st position in the 1. Division table for Apollon so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed AEK Larnaca visits Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro.
- Apollon has the most scored goals (46) in 1. Division
It's no vacation for neither Apollon nor AEK Larnaca as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
For Larnaca most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Apollon form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro as Apollon, who have the most scored goals (46) in 1. Division, have scored 19 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Apollon bring valid hopes of a third.
An away draw last time out for Apollon, facing Karmiotissa in a game that ended 1-1. Before that, Apollon had a home game versus APOEL which ended with a victory 1-0.
B. Dabo was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Karmiotissa after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Apollon have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost four.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. Division game versus Enosis in only three days. This game is also played here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro.
A decent goal production from Apollon in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Apollon are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of AEK Larnaca playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.
Larnaca's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Anorthosis that finished 0-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Paphos at their stadium, the result 4-1.
AEK Larnaca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the AEK Larnaca manager S. Avgousti as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Olympiakos.
Larnaca have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. 11 goals have been conceded by Larnaca in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was AEK Larnaca - Apollon 1-2, played this season. Apollon-AEK Larnaca H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Apollon four wins, AEK Larnaca three wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Diguiny 12 goals | I. Pittas 11 goals |   I. Trichkovski 9 goals |
Apollon missing players
AEK Larnaca missing players
| Apollon | AEK Larnaca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 46 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 33 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 83% |
| 78% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 70% |
| 57% | 64% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 57% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 17% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 65% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 43% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 48% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 12.3 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.5 | 11.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 35% | 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 27% |
- Apollon has the most scored goals (46) in 1. Division
- Apollon has the most scored goals in the second half (26) in 1. Division
- Apollon has the the best goal difference (+27) in 1. Division
- Apollon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Apollon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Apollon | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | AEL | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 25 | 47 |
| 4 | Anorthosis | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 44 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Doxa | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 29 |
| 7 | Olympiakos | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 28 |
| 8 | Paphos | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 9 | APOEL | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 24 |
| 11 | Enosis | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 24 |
| 12 | Ermis | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 22 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -18 | 19 |
| 14 | Karmiotissa | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -15 | 18 |