Only victory will please the Apollon followers in this Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro duel with AEL, seeing as they have a healthy lead on the opposition in the 1. Division standings.
- Apollon have the most scored goals (15) at home in 1. Division
- Apollon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as AEL have scored away.
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face game!
Apollon form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro as Apollon have scored 15 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 5-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Apollon shared the glory with APOEL in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Apollon lost 0-2 at home to Aris.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Apollon's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost two.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Apollon's attacking play is working. Apollon have conceded 10 in these home matches.
AEL form and stats
AEL have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 1-3-3 (7 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as AEL have lost on their last two travels.
AEL play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Omonia Nicosia (placed 6th).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Olympiakos.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and AEL playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting AEL as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. AEL have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered meeting involving both these contenders is the AEL - Apollon 0-1 played previously this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Apollon won three games, three matches ended with a draw and AEL managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  I. Pittas 5 goals | B. Dabo 5 goals |  S. Šćepović 4 goals |
Apollon missing players
AEL missing players
| Apollon | AEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 15 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 36% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 14% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 43% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 10.3 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.1 | 7.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 48% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 29% |
| 8.1 | 7 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 9.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
- AEL have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- All of Apollon's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Apollon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Apollon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as AEL have scored away.
- Apollon have the most scored goals (15) at home in 1. Division
- Apollon have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Apollon 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 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Aris | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Anorthosis | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Paphos | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | APOEL | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | AEL | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Doxa | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 8 |
