AEK Larnaca are placed 2nd, while Apollon are loitering 13 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?
- AEK Larnaca have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 1. Division
- Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AEK Larnaca and Apollon.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
Home games in the 1. Division have been a walk in the park for AEK Larnaca so far, with 35 points won from 13 matches; 11 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
AEK Larnaca's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Apollon.
Ahead of that game, a home loss in the Europa Conference League against West Ham United. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does AEK Larnaca handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 13 games), Larnaca's attacking play is working. From these home matches, AEK Larnaca have conceded only 9 goals.
Apollon form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. The fact that Apollon have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
It's the second away game in a row for Apollon, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus AEK Larnaca last time out.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at AEL.Apollon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Take note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Apollon find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Apollon in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Apollon - AEK Larnaca 2-1 was the result in these participants' latest H2H match, earlier this season. Khammas (Apollon) was shown a red card when these teams last played each other. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (AEK Larnaca wins - draws - Apollon wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Pittas 12 goals |   I. Trichkovski 9 goals |  O. Altman 8 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
Apollon missing players
| AEK Larnaca | Apollon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 46 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 35 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 27 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 63% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 69% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 29% | 38% |
| 26% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 19% |
| 11% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 44% | 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 44% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 38% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 14.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 31% | 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 27% |
| 9.3 | 9.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
- AEK Larnaca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AEK Larnaca have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 1. Division
- AEK Larnaca have the most points (35) at home in 1. Division
- AEK Larnaca have the most scored goals (28) at home in 1. Division
- AEK Larnaca have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in 1. Division
- 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 | APOEL | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 59 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 25 | 57 |
| 3 | Aris | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 53 |
| 4 | Paphos | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 50 |
| 5 | Apollon | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 38 |
| 8 | AEL | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Anorthosis | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 33 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -15 | 27 |
| 11 | Enosis | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | Doxa | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 21 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -24 | 16 |
| 14 | Akritas | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -35 | 12 |
