APOEL are enjoying their 3rd, while Anorthosis are bringing up the rear 2 points behind in the league standings. Will they decrease the gap?
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in 1. Division
- Anorthosis have the most points from losing position (12) in 1. Division
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for APOEL and Anorthosis.
APOEL form and stats
APOEL have performed here at Neo GSP this season with 6 wins from 10 1. Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. APOEL haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Anorthosis, 137 days ago.
The APOEL regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host AEK Larnaca and win 1-0.
Before that match, a win away at PAEEK.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how APOEL have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost two.
APOEL have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Neo GSP with 16 goals in 10 league matches. APOEL are not conceding a lot of goals here at Neo GSP in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Anorthosis form and stats
Playing away, Anorthosis have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the 1. Division this season. Two points from the last two away games for Anorthosis, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Anorthosis are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the fixture against Olympiakos (placed 9th).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Aris.Anorthosis are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Anorthosis have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. Anorthosis have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date recorded result featuring both these contenders is the Anorthosis - APOEL 2-1 played previously this season. Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for APOEL, three draws and five wins for Anorthosis. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 8 goals |  L. Natel Vieira 4 goals |  T. Okriashvili 3 goals |
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| APOEL | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 31 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 21 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 50% | 30% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 25% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 15% |
| 55% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 70% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 14.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.6 | 13.1 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 29% | 27% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 29% |
| 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.3 | 9.9 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in 1. Division
- APOEL have the most matches over the total-line (9) in 1. Division
- APOEL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Anorthosis have the most points from losing position (12) in 1. Division
- Anorthosis 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 | Apollon | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | APOEL | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Aris | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 35 |
| 5 | Anorthosis | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Paphos | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Omonia Nicosia | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | AEL | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Doxa | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 18 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 14 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -20 | 12 |
