The managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 1. Division league table.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 1. Division game only four days ago.
Anorthosis form and stats
Home games in the 1. Division have been a walk in the park for Anorthosis so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Ever since the Omonia Nicosia game Anorthosis has been unbeatable here at Antonis Papadopoulos producing four straight wins.
Happy days for Anorthosis in their previous game, a 1. Division match away at Paphos (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that, Anorthosis had a home game versus Enosis which ended with a victory 5-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Anorthosis have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 4 Lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Anorthosis as they are travelling to their away game against Olympiakos in the Cyprus Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Antonis Papadopoulos in the league this season as Anorthosis has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. Defensively Anorthosis have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
APOEL form and stats
2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for APOEL in their 1. Division matches away. APOEL seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed APOEL's previous game versus Olympiakos (placed 8th), a 1. Division 4-2 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Enosis.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for APOEL, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by APOEL in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for APOEL, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the APOEL manager K. Ingebrigtsen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Ethnikos Achna.
APOEL have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by APOEL in these games.
Head 2 Head
Anorthosis-APOEL H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Anorthosis 1 win, APOEL 6 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
Nuno Morais
13 goals
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M. Ďuriš
11 goals
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Moussa Al Tamari
9 goals
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| Anorthosis | APOEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 86% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 86% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 62% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 5.8 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 170 | 88 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 77 | 195 |
| 78 | 38 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 26 | 83 |
| 42% | 47% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 31% | 31% |
- APOEL has the most scored goals in the second half (17)
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- APOEL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Anorthosis has the most scored goals (33)
- Anorthosis has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
- Anorthosis has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Anorthosis have not yet lost a game at home.
- Anorthosis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Anorthosis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as APOEL have scored 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 33 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | APOEL | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Apollon | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | AEL | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 20 |
| 7 | AEK Larnaca | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Paphos | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 11 | Enosis | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 8 |
| 12 | Doxa | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -20 | 8 |