A key match in 1. Division as both teams are battling for the top positions. With APOEL in 3rd position and Apollon placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Apollon could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. Division game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Paphos, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Apollon.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Apollon are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
APOEL form and stats
This stadium, GSP Stadium, has been a fortress for APOEL in the 1. Division so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-2-0.
Lucas was the last player to score a league goal for APOEL and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as APOEL haven't scored in 191 minutes.
APOEL are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus AEK Larnaca. In the match before that, APOEL hosted Anorthosis and drew the game 0-0.
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 seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.
APOEL can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Defensively APOEL have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Apollon form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. It's a growing despair in Apollon as they have recorded three consecutive losses. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Apollon are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two away games in a row for Apollon, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Paphos in the 1. Division. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Enosis.
We have checked recent matches where Apollon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were two victories, zero draws and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Apollon are hosting Ethnikos Achna in the Cyprus Cup only four days away.
Apollon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Apollon have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Apollon - APOEL 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six APOEL victories, one draw and three Apollon wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Merkis 6 goals |   S. Gakpé 6 goals |  L. Hallenius 5 goals |
APOEL missing players
Apollon missing players
| APOEL | Apollon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 31 | 20 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 31 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 79% | 78% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 68% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 74% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 53% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 37% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 22% | 53% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 26% |
| 37% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 26% |
| 6.1 | 5.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 256 | 146 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 108 | 251 |
| 97 | 65 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 46 | 111 |
| 29% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 20% | 25% |
- APOEL have not yet lost a game at home.
- APOEL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Apollon have scored away.
- APOEL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | APOEL | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Apollon | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | AEL | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Paphos | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Enosis | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -16 | 17 |
| 12 | Doxa | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -26 | 11 |