AEK Larnaca vs Apollon match preview: Even contest expected at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: AEK Arena - George Karapatakis (1000 seats)

1. Division: A pair of teams who have played nicely up to now. Let's get ready for AEK Larnaca - Apollon with this thorough preview!

Insights:
  • AEK Larnaca have the most scored goals (23) in 1. Division
  • Apollon have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in 1. Division

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AEK Larnaca form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis as AEK Larnaca have scored 9 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Larnaca fans got no joy from their last match, a 1. Division game also here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis: A 1-3 defeat against Paphos (placed 5th).

Before that, Larnaca played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Omonia Nicosia.

Larnaca has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Larnaca have conceded only 5 goals.

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Apollon form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the 1. Division.

Apollon are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at APOEL (placed 7th).

A 0-2 loss hosting Aris before that.

A quick return to home after this game, as Apollon are hosting AEL in the Cyprus Cup only four days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Apollon have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Apollon are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the participants faced each other previously this season; Apollon - Larnaca 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larnaca three wins, one draw and Apollon six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LarnacaI. Trichkovski
I. Trichkovski
8 goals
AEK LarnacaM. Derbyshire
M. Derbyshire
6 goals
ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
5 goals

AEK Larnaca missing players

Apollon missing players

AEK Larnaca Apollon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 0 Played P 2 7 14
8 4 0 Won W 1 4 9
4 2 0 Drew D 1 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
23 9 0 Scored S 2 7 22
11 5 0 Conceded C 1 3 13
93% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 71%
43% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 36%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 21%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 43%
36% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 43%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
5.4 6.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.3 5.5
4.5 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0.5 2 2.5
1.9 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
11.5 13.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.3 10.8
4.6 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.2
37% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 37%
 
9.8 8.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.3 8.1
3.5 3.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.7
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Larnaca have the most scored goals (23) in 1. Division
  • AEK Larnaca have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in 1. Division
  • AEK Larnaca have the the best goal difference (+12) in 1. Division
  • AEK Larnaca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Apollon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Apollon have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in 1. Division
  • Apollon have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 9 2 3 22 13 7 5 0 2 15 10 7 4 2 1 7 3 9 29
2 AEK Larnaca 14 8 4 2 23 11 7 4 2 1 9 5 7 4 2 1 14 6 12 28
3 Aris 14 8 3 3 16 10 7 3 2 2 6 5 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 27
4 Anorthosis 14 7 1 6 21 18 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 3 0 4 10 10 3 22
5 Paphos 14 5 6 3 18 13 7 4 3 0 13 3 7 1 3 3 5 10 5 21
6 Omonia Nicosia 14 6 2 6 16 14 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 2 0 5 7 10 2 20
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 14 4 4 6 10 15 7 3 2 2 8 8 7 1 2 4 2 7 -5 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 15 2 2 11 10 26 8 1 1 6 4 14 7 1 1 5 6 12 -16 8