Delightful dogfight as daring AEK Larnaca duel with determined Aris

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AEK Arena - George Karapatakis (1000 seats)

Tempo is likely at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis when AEK Larnaca challenge Aris in what promises to be a top-notch fixture. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • AEK Larnaca have the the best goal difference (+13) in 1. Division
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Division

This promises to be an appealing game with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Get ready!

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AEK Larnaca form and stats

AEK Larnaca are steadily winning 1. Division games and points here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. The last three games played by Larnaca, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

AEK Larnaca shared the glory with Ethnikos Achna in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Anorthosis that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Larnaca have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost one.

There will be little rest for AEK Larnaca after this match as they are travelling to Olympiakos for a 1. Division game in only four days.

AEK Larnaca has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. AEK Larnaca are not conceding a lot of goals here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Aris form and stats

Aris's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Aris collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the 1. Division. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Aris failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs AEL (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Before that, Aris travelled to APOEL and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Aris are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Aris have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the results database show this recent match: Aris - AEK Larnaca 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larnaca eight wins, one draw and Aris one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArisM. Stępiński
M. Stępiński
6 goals
ArisM. Špoljarić
M. Špoljarić
4 goals
ArisW. Shavy
W. Shavy
3 goals

AEK Larnaca missing players

Aris missing players

AEK Larnaca Aris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
9 5 1 Won W 1 5 10
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 4
28 12 3 Scored S 2 11 21
15 7 4 Conceded C 0 6 14
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
72% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 56%
44% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 39%
22% 11% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
61% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 39%
33% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 44%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 28%
 
5.6 6.6 11 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.6 4.6
4.5 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 5.1
1.8 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.1 12.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.2 10.8
4.5 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.3
35% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 27%
 
9.4 8.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.6 8.3
3.4 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.1
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • AEK Larnaca have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in 1. Division
  • AEK Larnaca have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in 1. Division
  • AEK Larnaca have the the best goal difference (+13) in 1. Division
  • Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Division

  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 18 10 4 4 21 14 10 5 2 3 10 8 8 5 2 1 11 6 7 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 17 6 3 8 19 18 8 4 0 4 10 6 9 2 3 4 9 12 1 21
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