The visiting Aris side are thought to be front runners at AEL, as the away side enjoy a 15 point lead from their 13 league games this season.
- AEL have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Aris have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in 1. Division
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
AEL and Aris should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
AEL form and stats
AEL's results here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in the 1. Division have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on AEL to get some points in this home game.
Tshibola was the last player to score a league goal for AEL and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as AEL haven't scored in 219 minutes.
The AEL crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Anorthosis here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at AEK Larnaca.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AEL as they are travelling to their away game against Enosis in the 1. Division. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for AEL here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). 7 goals have been conceded.
Aris form and stats
Aris, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in 1. Division, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 6 1. Division games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. A great winning streak in away games for Aris as they have managed to win six matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the APOEL have they travelled home without three points.
It's the second away game in a row for Aris, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Anorthosis (placed 7th) last time out.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Paphos.Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The Aris manager Shpilevskiy has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. Aris's manager Shpilevskiy has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {2 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the sides met earlier this season; Aris - AEL 2-1. Previous ten meetings with these squads: AEL won six, Aris triumphed in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kokorin 5 goals |  W. Shavy 3 goals |
AEL missing players
Aris missing players
| AEL | Aris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 42% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 42% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 62% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 38% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 6.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 11.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.5 | 13.3 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
| 24% | 15% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 44% | 33% |
| 9.7 | 8.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3 | 2.8 |
- AEL have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- AEL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Aris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Aris have scored in all their matches so far.
- Aris have scored more than double the goals of AEL.
- Aris have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in 1. Division
- Aris have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in 1. Division
- Aris have the most matches over the total-line (10) in 1. Division
- Aris have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in 1. Division
- Aris have the the best goal difference (+12) away in 1. Division
- Aris have won all their away games so far.
- Aris 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Paphos | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Aris | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 29 |
| 5 | Apollon | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Anorthosis | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | AEL | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Doxa | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Enosis | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 7 |
| 14 | Akritas | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -17 | 7 |
