The 1. Division match summary, better known as a league table, tells a tale about these sides so far, with APOEL in front of Akritas by 32 points. Tipsway previews the game:
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (8) in 1. Division
- Akritas have the most conceded goals (33) in 1. Division
These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a match only four days ago in the Cyprus Cup. This match was also played here at Neo GSP. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Akritas have had more rest.
APOEL form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 1. Division games here at Neo GSP for APOEL. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Karmiotissa game APOEL has been unbeatable here at Neo GSP producing five straight wins.
APOEL's previous match was a Cyprus Cup game also played at home, ending 4-2 against Aris. The home team hope to to continue in that form.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Karmiotissa.APOEL has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, APOEL have only let in {2 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Akritas form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Akritas so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Akritas are looking to quickly end their 183 minutes long goal drought in the 1. Division.
Two away matches in a row for Akritas, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Paphos in the Cyprus Cup.
A loss against Olympiakos was the result prior to that, in a 1. Division home game.Goals are few and far between in Akritas's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Akritas's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Akritas - APOEL 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sousa Natividade 6 goals |  M. Sušić 3 goals |  A. Donis 3 goals |
APOEL missing players
Akritas missing players
| APOEL | Akritas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 95% |
| 53% | 33% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 47% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 5% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 16% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 53% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 13% | 17% |
| 7 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14 | 12.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- APOEL have scored more than double the goals of Akritas.
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in 1. Division
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (8) in 1. Division
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in 1. Division
- APOEL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Akritas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Akritas have the fewest points (2) away in 1. Division
- Akritas have the fewest scored goals (4) away in 1. Division
- Akritas have the most conceded goals (33) in 1. Division
- Akritas have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in 1. Division
- Akritas have the the worst goal difference (-22) in 1. Division
- Akritas have yet to win a 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 | AEK Larnaca | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 47 |
| 2 | APOEL | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 43 |
| 3 | Paphos | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 41 |
| 4 | Aris | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| 6 | Apollon | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 28 |
| 8 | AEL | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Anorthosis | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Enosis | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 14 |
| 12 | Olympiakos | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -21 | 13 |
| 13 | Doxa | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -17 | 12 |
| 14 | Akritas | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 11 |
