Buckle up for a show! Today's main roles are AEK Larnaca and Aris, 3 points is the objective and 90 minutes the playing time.
- AEK Larnaca is in the best form (5-1-0) in 1. Division
- Aris have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 1. Division
Larnaca have less rest than Aris in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Cyprus Cup game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nea Salamis.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
AEK Larnaca have been very solid at home in the 1. Division so far, with 25 points collected from 9 matches (8-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. days ago.
Nothing to worry about in defence for AEK Larnaca, as their goalkeeper Kenan Piric has completely shut out the opponents for 338 minutes in the 1. Division.
The club members hope that Larnaca will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Cyprus Cup fixture against Nea Salamis.
A 0-0 draw away in the 1. Division before that, with Anorthosis the opponent.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 7 games. AEK Larnaca has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 0.
It should be considered that a peek at the 11 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
AEK Larnaca have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Aris form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the 1. Division. In general it has been a productive period now for Aris as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Aris are looking to quickly end their 228 minutes long goal drought in the 1. Division. 225 minutes! That's how long the Aris goalkeeper Vanailson Luciano de Souza Alves and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Aris played 0-0 against Akritas in their previous match.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Karmiotissa that ended 0-0.Little scoring action? 5 league fixtures in a row with this club have had at most two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Cyprus Cup trip to APOEL.
The travelling fans enjoy Aris's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Aris are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Aris - AEK Larnaca 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AEK Larnaca six wins, two draws and Aris two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Altman 6 goals |   L. Bengtsson 5 goals |  A. Kokorin 5 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
Aris missing players
| AEK Larnaca | Aris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 72% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 56% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 50% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 78% | 50% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 14.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.9 | 13.5 |
| 5.1 | 6.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 32% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 9.6 | 9.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
- AEK Larnaca have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 conceded goals in the second half (4) in 1. Division
- AEK Larnaca have the most points (25) at home in 1. Division
- AEK Larnaca is in the best form (5-1-0) in 1. Division
- Aris have not yet lost a game away.
- Aris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Aris have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in 1. Division
- Aris have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 1. Division
- Aris have the most clean sheets (7) away 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 | APOEL | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 43 |
| 2 | Paphos | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 41 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Aris | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Apollon | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | AEL | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Anorthosis | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Enosis | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 14 |
| 12 | Olympiakos | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 13 |
| 13 | Doxa | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -16 | 12 |
| 14 | Akritas | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 11 |
