It's match week two of the 1. Division campaign and everything to play for. Read our in-depth preview of AEL-AE Zakakiou!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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 AEL and AE Zakakiou.
AEL form and stats
Last season, AEL's league statistics were 10 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, resulting in 8th position in the 1. Division. From these 25 matches they scored {21 goals} and gave away 20. Performing as the home side in the former season AEL delivered 7-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with {13 goals} and 11 conceded.
The home fans saw a 3-3 draw versus AE Zakakiou last time out and are looking for a victory here. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against AE Zakakiou last time out, but a goal from Srnić completed a comeback to a draw result for AEL.
Before that match, a win away at Doxa.AE Zakakiou form and stats
Let's have a look at how AE Zakakiou performed last season in the 2. Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded {9 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 15/6 goals scored/conceded.
AE Zakakiou has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to AEL for a 3-3 draw. It looked so good for Zakakiou vs AEL, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw.
A 0-2 loss hosting APOEL before that.Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings featuring these squads: AEL won three, AE Zakakiou were winners in zero and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morsay 1 goals |
AEL missing players
AE Zakakiou missing players
| AEL | AE Zakakiou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 14 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| AEL | Last season | AE Zakakiou | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 20 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 25 | 46 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 87% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 79% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | ||
| 31% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 48% | ||
| 10% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 31% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 10% | ||
| 31% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 41% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 55% | ||
| 46% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 42% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Paphos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Aris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | APOEL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | AEL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Othellos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Doxa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | AE Zakakiou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | AEK Larnaca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Nea Salamis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 63 |
| 2 | Nea Salamis | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 58 |
| 3 | AEL | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 49 |
| 4 | Karmiotissa | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -17 | 48 |
| 5 | Doxa | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -24 | 39 |
| 6 | Enosis | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 37 |
| 7 | Akritas | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 73 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -36 | 34 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -32 | 28 |
| 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 | Othellos | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 59 |
| 2 | AE Zakakiou | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 56 |
| 3 | Ethnikos Achna | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 55 |
| 4 | Omonia 29is Maiou | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 50 |
| 5 | Ahironas / Onisilos | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 40 |
| 6 | Peyia | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 39 |
| 7 | MEAP Nisou | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -15 | 33 |
| 8 | Omonia Aradippou | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 32 |
