It's early days in the 1. Division and both AEK Larnaca and AEL are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Cyprus Cup match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Kouris Erimi, so at least Larnaca are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
AEK Larnaca form and stats
AEK Larnaca have only played one 1. Division game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 0 matches.
Happy days for Larnaca in their previous game, a Cyprus Cup match away at Kouris Erimi that ended with a 11-0 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Omonia Nicosia (1-2).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Larnaca played a great game against Kouris Erimi and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with AEK Larnaca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with AEK Larnaca as a small favourite), we find seven games. Larnaca has won three of these, drawn four and lost zero.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the AEK Larnaca at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
AEL form and stats
Things could have gone better for AEL in their 1. Division away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
AEL are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the 1. Division against Karmiotissa (placed 13th).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by AEL in our archives, and the results are: one win for AEL, one draw and three defeats.
2 goals so far away for AEL, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: AEK Larnaca won four, AEL won two and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. González Casanova 2 goals |  I. Trichkovski 2 goals |   R. Mmaee Nwambeben Kabir 2 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
AEL missing players
| AEK Larnaca | AEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 19 | 48 |
| 22 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| AEK Larnaca | Last season | AEL | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 83% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 65% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 78% | ||
| 57% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 43% | ||
| 35% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 22% | ||
| 17% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 57% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 35% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 30% | ||
| 26% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 229 | 127 | Total Shots | T S | 88 | 225 | ||
| 100 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 103 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | AEL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Doxa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Anorthosis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | APOEL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Ermis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Paphos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Karmiotissa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Enosis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 3 | APOEL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 4 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 35 |
| 6 | AEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 31 |