Apollon vs AEK Larnaca: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro (13331 seats)

Apollon have performed better than AEK Larnaca so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Apollon have the most scored goals (52) in 1. Division

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Apollon is in the 3rd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Larnaca have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 5th place no matter what happens.

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Apollon form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro as Apollon, who have the most scored goals (52) in 1. Division, have scored 24 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Apollon fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro and will expect new points from this game. Apollon has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Apollon are returning here after visiting AEL in a 1. Division game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. D. Biseswar and N. Diguiny scored the goal(s). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Anorthosis.

The victory against AEL came after D. Biseswar's winning goal. The Apollon manager G. Petrakis was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 66th minute.

A decent goal production from Apollon in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Apollon have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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AEK Larnaca form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of Larnaca, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

AEK Larnaca lost away at Olympiakos (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against AEL.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Larnaca have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Larnaca have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

AEK Larnaca - Apollon 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Apollon victories, three draws and three AEK Larnaca wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ApollonN. Diguiny
N. Diguiny
17 goals
AEK LarnacaI. Trichkovski
I. Trichkovski
14 goals
ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
12 goals

Apollon missing players

AEK Larnaca missing players

Apollon AEK Larnaca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
20 10 3 Won W 0 4 14
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 5 9 14
62 26 5 Scored S 2 16 41
26 11 2 Conceded C 10 21 36
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
79% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 70%
55% 56% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 58%
21% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 15%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
61% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 42%
39% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
6% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.2 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.6 13.4 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.6 10.8
5.5 5.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.3 4.8
34% 29% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 23% 26%
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Apollon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Apollon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Apollon have the most scored goals (52) in 1. Division
  • Apollon have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in 1. Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Omonia Nicosia 26 16 8 2 43 13 13 9 4 0 19 4 13 7 4 2 24 9 30 56
2 AEL 26 17 4 5 45 23 13 12 1 0 32 8 13 5 3 5 13 15 22 55
3 Apollon 26 16 6 4 52 22 13 9 2 2 24 10 13 7 4 2 28 12 30 54
4 Anorthosis 26 15 6 5 37 21 13 10 2 1 21 8 13 5 4 4 16 13 16 51
5 AEK Larnaca 26 12 5 9 36 25 13 8 2 3 21 10 13 4 3 6 15 15 11 41
6 Olympiakos 26 10 4 12 27 38 13 4 2 7 12 17 13 6 2 5 15 21 -11 34
7 Paphos 26 8 8 10 30 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 1 5 7 5 12 3 32
8 APOEL 26 8 6 12 27 31 13 4 4 5 15 15 13 4 2 7 12 16 -4 30
9 Doxa 26 7 9 10 24 32 13 5 5 3 14 13 13 2 4 7 10 19 -8 30
10 Nea Salamis 26 8 5 13 29 38 13 5 3 5 20 19 13 3 2 8 9 19 -9 29
11 Enosis 26 6 6 14 22 39 13 3 4 6 10 18 13 3 2 8 12 21 -17 24
12 Ermis 26 5 9 12 18 38 13 2 6 5 10 19 13 3 3 7 8 19 -20 24
13 Ethnikos Achna 26 5 7 14 23 43 13 3 2 8 11 21 13 2 5 6 12 22 -20 22
14 Karmiotissa 26 3 9 14 22 45 13 2 6 5 8 16 13 1 3 9 14 29 -23 18