Olympiakos will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind AEL.
- Olympiakos have the most points from losing position (14) in 1. Division
- AEL have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in 1. Division
AEL could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. Division game only four sleeps ago.
Olympiakos is in the 6th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. AEL are staying put at 2nd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Olympiakos form and stats
Olympiakos have played 13 1. Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-7 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Apollon on their last time out; the 1. Division game ended 2-2. A strong away win before that one, visiting Anorthosis and winning 2-0.
The hometeam coach Č. Janevski made a successful contribution in the game against Apollon, bringing on P. Zachariou who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Olympiakos aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 12 goals from 13 games. On the other hand, Olympiakos have conceded 17 goals.
AEL form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. It's a growing despair in AEL as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 1. Division home defeat versus Anorthosis with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the AEL manager D. Kerkez faced defeat when travelling to Omonia Nicosia and losing 1-2.
AEL are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, AEL have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the AEL - Olympiakos 2-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Olympiakos wins - draws - AEL wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mmaee Nwambeben Kabir 14 goals |  V. Mantzis 11 goals | M. Babić 7 goals |
Olympiakos missing players
AEL missing players
| Olympiakos | AEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 36 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 57 |
| 50 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 74% | 59% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 59% | 74% |
| 51% | 47% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | 63% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 17% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 43% | 41% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 57% |
| 26% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | 31% |
| 37% | 41% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.2 | 9.5 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 29% | 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 26% | 34% |
- AEL have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in 1. Division
- AEL have the most matches over the total-line (22) in 1. Division
- AEL have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in 1. Division
- Olympiakos have the most points from losing position (14) in 1. Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Omonia Nicosia | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | AEL | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | Apollon | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 30 | 54 |
| 4 | Anorthosis | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Olympiakos | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 34 |
| 7 | Paphos | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | APOEL | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | Doxa | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 29 |
| 11 | Enosis | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -17 | 24 |
| 12 | Ermis | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -20 | 24 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
| 14 | Karmiotissa | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -23 | 18 |