This is the 1. Division season debut for these participants, whom are finally battling for points again. Will Aris Limassol or AEK Larnaca get that highly important first win?
The visiting AEK Larnaca played their last game only four days ago, a Europa Conference League match. That game, against Maccabi Tel Aviv, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for AEK Larnaca.
Aris Limassol form and stats
The season before, Aris Limassol's league stats were 15 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses, resulting in 3rd place in the 1. Division. During these 26 matches they scored {46 goals} and conceded 20. Appearing as the host team in the former season Aris Limassol delivered 7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 12 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Aris Limassol perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aris Limassol as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Aris Limassol has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Aris Limassol are traveling soon after this match as the Europa League match at Slovan Bratislava awaits in three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Aris Limassol friendly games in pre-season: Limassol played three friendlies, won 0, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Aris Limassol scored {1 goals} and conceded 7 in these three games.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
Let's have a look at how AEK Larnaca performed last season in the 1. Division: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {21 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 18/12 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AEK Larnaca playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 AEK Larnaca win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Just as the home team, AEK Larnaca have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 AEK Larnaca wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Limassol victories, three draws and four AEK Larnaca wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Aris Limassol missing players
AEK Larnaca missing players
| Aris Limassol | AEK Larnaca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aris Limassol | Last season | AEK Larnaca | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 10 | ||
| 65 | 34 | Scored | S | 21 | 55 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 37 | ||
| 86% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 69% | ||
| 56% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 8% | ||
| 50% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 44% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 39% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paphos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Anorthosis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | APOEL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Othellos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | AEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Omonia Nicosia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Aris Limassol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | AEK Larnaca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Doxa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | AE Zakakiou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Karmiotissa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aris Limassol | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 74 |
| 2 | APOEL | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 71 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 66 |
| 4 | Paphos | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 63 |
| 5 | Apollon | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 62 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 49 |
