The league table in 1. Division tells a story about these teams so far, with AEL leading Ethnikos Achna by 17 points. Match preview to follow:
- AEL has the most matches over the total-line (9) in 1. Division
- Ethnikos Achna has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in 1. Division
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
AEL form and stats
AEL, who have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in 1. Division, have collected 15 points from their 1. Division home games so far after 5-0-0.
AEL are returning here after visiting Apollon in a 1. Division game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Sito Riera and M. Babić scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting AEK Larnaca and winning 2-0.
The AEL manager D. Kerkez has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. AEL have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ethnikos Achna form and stats
0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ethnikos Achna in their 1. Division matches away. Ethnikos are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Enosis fixture. Ethnikos has drawn their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 1. Division home defeat versus AEK Larnaca with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Karmiotissa that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Ethnikos Achna's match history for similar games we find four matches. The home team won three of these as expected, two of them by at least two goals. Ethnikos Achna managed zero draws and one surprise win.
Ethnikos Achna are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Ethnikos have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AEL six wins, three draws and Ethnikos Achna one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Riera Ortega 4 goals | R. Mmaee Nwambeben Kabir 3 goals |  M. Torres Jimenez 2 goals |
AEL missing players
Ethnikos Achna missing players
| AEL | Ethnikos Achna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | 12 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 17% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 8% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 58% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 13.2 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.4 | 8.2 |
| 5 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 26% |
- AEL has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in 1. Division
- AEL has the most matches over the total-line (9) in 1. Division
- AEL has the the best goal difference (+8) at home in 1. Division
- AEL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- AEL have scored in all their home matches so far.
- AEL have won all their matches at home so far.
- AEL haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Ethnikos Achna's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ethnikos Achna has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in 1. Division
- Ethnikos Achna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ethnikos Achna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ethnikos Achna have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ethnikos Achna have yet to win a game away.
- Ethnikos Achna haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | AEL | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Apollon | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Olympiakos | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Paphos | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Omonia Nicosia | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | APOEL | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Doxa | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Ermis | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 13 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Nea Salamis | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | Enosis | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 7 |