AEL welcomes Olympiakos to this second leg of the Cyprus Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither AEL nor Olympiakos 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.
AEL form and stats
AEL was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Cyprus Cup.On the other hand, in the Cyprus Cup, AEL has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
AEL's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Apollon. Heartbreak before that as AEL lost 2-4 at Olympiakos's place.
Olympiakos form and stats
Olympiakos was sent out of Cyprus Cup in the 2nd round last season, when Anorthosis turned out to be too strong.When we have look at the Cyprus Cup statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Olympiakos are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Olympiakos are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the 1. Division against AEK Larnaca. That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus AEL in the Cyprus Cup.
Omar Santana came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against AEK Larnaca last time out, making the manager Č. Janevski feel like a tactical genius.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Olympiakos as the away team, we found five results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and four defeats. The outsiders lost four of these games by at least two goals.
Olympiakos played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these two matches Olympiakos scored 7 and conceded 2 goals.
Head 2 Head
Olympiakos - AEL 4-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for AEL, four draws and one win for Olympiakos. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mmaee Nwambeben Kabir 13 goals |  V. Mantzis 10 goals | M. Babić 7 goals |
AEL missing players
Olympiakos missing players
| AEL | Olympiakos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 42 | 29 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||