Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when APOEL welcomes AEL

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Date: Sat 14.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Neo GSP (22859 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as APOEL welcome AEL for the opening game at Neo GSP. Read on!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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APOEL form and stats

APOEL are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: W0-D1-L0.

APOEL could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the 1. Division. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Neo GSP they witnessed 6 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D4 - L3 from 22 games.

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AEL form and stats

It's a day of discovery for AEL as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which AEL have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games AEL has scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times.

Let's have a look at how AEL performed last season in the 1. Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 15/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 7 wins for APOEL, 2 draws and 1 win for AEL. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Rubén Jurado
15 goals
Moussa Al Tamari
9 goals

APOEL missing players

AEL missing players

APOEL AEL
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 6
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
APOEL Last season AEL
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 6
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0

APOEL
All Champions League Cyprus Cup Europa League Club Friendlies 1. Division
All Home Away
30-07-19 CL APOEL 3 - 0 Sutjeska
06-08-19 CL APOEL 1 - 2 Qarabag
13-08-19 CL Qarabag 0 - 2 APOEL
20-08-19 CL APOEL 0 - 0 Ajax
28-08-19 CL Ajax 2 - 0 APOEL
14-09-19 1.D APOEL 15:30 AEL
19-09-19 EL APOEL 16:55 F91 Dudelange
21-09-19 1.D Enosis - APOEL
03-10-19 EL Sevilla 19:00 APOEL
05-10-19 1.D APOEL - Anorthosis
AEL
All Cyprus Cup Europa League Club Friendlies 1. Division
All Home Away
25-07-19 EL Aris 0 - 0 AEL
01-08-19 EL AEL 0 - 1 Aris
16-08-19 CF AEL 0 - 2 Omonia Nicosia
25-08-19 1.D AEL 0 - 0 Anorthosis
31-08-19 1.D AEL 2 - 0 Enosis
14-09-19 1.D APOEL 15:30 AEL
21-09-19 1.D AEL - Doxa
05-10-19 1.D Nea Salamis - AEL
19-10-19 1.D AEL - AEK Larnaca
26-10-19 1.D Apollon - AEL

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 AEK Larnaca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Anorthosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 APOEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Apollon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Enosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ethnikos Achna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nea Salamis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Olympiakos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Paphos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 D P
1 APOEL 32 21 7 4 66 25 5 3 2 0 12 1 5 3 1 1 9 4 41 70
2 AEK Larnaca 32 18 8 6 51 23 5 4 1 0 7 3 5 3 1 1 7 4 28 62
3 Apollon 32 17 7 8 64 32 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 2 0 3 7 7 32 58
4 AEL 32 17 4 11 49 47 5 2 0 3 10 13 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 55
5 Nea Salamis 32 12 8 12 41 47 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 0 3 2 4 11 -6 44
6 Omonia Nicosia 32 10 6 16 36 45 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 0 1 4 7 14 -9 36

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