Olympiakos welcomes APOEL to this second leg of the Cyprus Cup 2nd Round. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Olympiakos nor APOEL 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.
Olympiakos form and stats
Olympiakos was eliminated in the final last season in the Cyprus Cup.Olympiakos have played 8 1. Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Olympiakos will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Apollon.
0-0 away at Doxa before that.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Olympiakos, as the 1. Division home game vs PAEEK is only three days away.
The Olympiakos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Olympiakos have conceded 10 in these home matches.
APOEL form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nea Salamis in order to reach 2nd round of Cyprus Cup. Last season their Cyprus Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Anorthosis.The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 1. Division.
APOEL go into this game after a win, the home game against Doxa that ended 2-0.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Aris in the 1. Division.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 1. Division trip to AEL.
The visiting APOEL have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. APOEL have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest past match between these participants is the APOEL - Olympiakos 2-1 played previously this season. Olympiakos-APOEL H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Olympiakos three wins, APOEL six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 5 goals |  L. Natel Vieira 4 goals |  F. Eftychidis 3 goals |
Olympiakos missing players
APOEL missing players
| Olympiakos | APOEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 39 | 9 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.7 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 25% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 11.1 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Aris | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Paphos | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | APOEL | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Anorthosis | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | AEL | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Doxa | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 10 | Olympiakos | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -21 | 9 |
