Apollon get ready to welcome AEL for something different than the ordinary league football: The Cyprus Cup 2nd Round leg 1 of 2.
The hosts Apollon saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 1. Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at AEK Larnaca.
Apollon form and stats
Apollon have not come this way in the Cyprus Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Olympiada Lympion. Last season, Apollon's Cyprus Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro as Apollon have scored 15 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 5-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Zorniger led his Apollon to a defeat in the 1. Division match away at AEK Larnaca. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro.
Before that, Apollon played out a 1. Division draw 1-1 when visiting APOEL.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Omonia Nicosia are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Apollon are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Apollon have conceded 10 goals.
AEL form and stats
They also participated in Cyprus Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Olympiakos drew the shortest straw.There's been little loot from AEL's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the 1. Division. AEL only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
AEL lost away at Omonia Nicosia (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Olympiakos.The schedule is very tough for AEL now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 1. Division game at Anorthosis is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by AEL in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Apollon three wins, three draws and AEL four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Pittas 5 goals | B. Dabo 5 goals |  S. Šćepović 4 goals |
Apollon missing players
AEL missing players
| Apollon | AEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 36% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 8.5 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AEK Larnaca | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Aris | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Apollon | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Paphos | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Anorthosis | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | APOEL | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Doxa | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | AEL | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 8 |
