Perhaps a welcome break from league football as APOEL & Apollon face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Cyprus Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
APOEL form and stats
Action has already taken place for APOEL in Cyprus Cup as they have defeated PAEEK to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, APOEL's Cyprus Cup journey ended in the 2nd round against Apollon.APOEL have played 10 1. Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a 1. Division home game that ended 1-1 versus AEK Larnaca.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. Division game versus Anorthosis in only four days. This game is also played here at Neo GSP.
APOEL has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. APOEL have conceded 11 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Apollon form and stats
They also participated in Cyprus Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Apollon have an excellent away record in the 1. Division so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Omonia Nicosia in the 1. Division.
Apollon has another fixture away, a 1. Division game, against Nea Salamis in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Apollon create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 25 goals in 10 travels. It's not easy to score on Apollon as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five APOEL victories, three draws and two Apollon wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Diguiny 11 goals | I. Pittas 10 goals | F. Matei 5 goals |
APOEL missing players
Apollon missing players
| APOEL | Apollon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 26 | 59 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 26 | 43 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | Anorthosis | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | AEL | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Doxa | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Paphos | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 9 | APOEL | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 11 | Ermis | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | Enosis | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 18 |
| 13 | Karmiotissa | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 16 |
| 14 | Ethnikos Achna | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -20 | 12 |