1. Division: Apollon anticipated to beat Olympiakos

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Fri 27.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: GSP Stadium (22859 seats)

It's time for 1. Division and Apollon - Olympiakos. In this preview and news article you'll find statistics, previous results, numbercrunching, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Apollon have the most points from losing position (7) in 1. Division
  • Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in 1. Division

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

The hosts Apollon saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 1. Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Aris.

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Apollon form and stats

Apollon have performed here at GSP Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 1. Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. Ever since the APOEL game Apollon has been unbeatable here at GSP Stadium producing four straight wins.

Apollon faced defeat in their previous match, away at Aris (1-3). The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league matches.

Before that, Apollon had a home game versus Anorthosis which ended with a victory 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Apollon home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 16 league games, 12 have produced zero, one or two goals.

The Apollon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Apollon have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Olympiakos form and stats

Olympiakos have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 1-2-7 (10 played).

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus AEK Larnaca with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Akritas.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Olympiakos played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 2 times.

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's latest 10 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Olympiakos as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. The Olympiakos manager Serghides has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Apollon have avoided defeat in the last 18 games (11-7-0) facing Olympiakos.

The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the match result Olympiakos - Apollon 1-1 registered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
6 goals
ApollonV. Roberge
V. Roberge
3 goals
ApollonB. Jradi
B. Jradi
3 goals

Apollon missing players

Olympiakos missing players

Apollon Olympiakos
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 20
9 6 3 Won W 0 1 2
5 1 0 Drew D 1 2 7
5 2 0 Lost L 2 7 11
21 12 4 Scored S 1 6 11
17 6 0 Conceded C 7 21 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
63% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 65%
26% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 30%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
37% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 35%
42% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 25%
21% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 55%
 
5.9 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 2.8 2.9
3.5 3.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 7.4 6.3
2.1 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 11.4 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 6.1 7.3
5.2 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 1.9 2.6
21% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 32% 21%
 
7.6 6.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.2 13.8
3.3 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 6.9 5.7
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Apollon have created more than twice as many corners as Olympiakos.
  • Apollon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Apollon have the most points from losing position (7) in 1. Division
  • Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympiakos have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Olympiakos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olympiakos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in 1. Division
  • Olympiakos have the most conceded goals (21) away in 1. Division
  • Olympiakos have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in 1. Division
  • Olympiakos haven’t played a single 0-0 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 20 14 4 2 28 8 10 6 3 1 12 2 10 8 1 1 16 6 20 46
3 Paphos 20 13 5 2 43 14 10 7 2 1 24 8 10 6 3 1 19 6 29 44
4 Aris 20 10 7 3 35 17 10 4 4 2 18 11 10 6 3 1 17 6 18 37
5 Omonia Nicosia 20 11 1 8 32 19 10 9 0 1 23 3 10 2 1 7 9 16 13 34
6 Apollon 19 9 5 5 21 17 9 6 1 2 12 6 10 3 4 3 9 11 4 32
7 Nea Salamis 20 10 1 9 21 24 10 5 1 4 12 14 10 5 0 5 9 10 -3 31
8 AEL 19 8 4 7 16 12 10 5 1 4 9 7 9 3 3 3 7 5 4 28
9 Anorthosis 20 6 4 10 14 25 10 3 3 4 8 11 10 3 1 6 6 14 -11 22
10 Karmiotissa 20 5 5 10 14 28 10 3 2 5 8 11 10 2 3 5 6 17 -14 20
11 Enosis 20 4 2 14 12 30 10 2 2 6 6 13 10 2 0 8 6 17 -18 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 20 3 3 14 11 30 10 1 1 8 3 14 10 2 2 6 8 16 -19 12
14 Akritas 20 3 2 15 11 35 10 3 0 7 7 18 10 0 2 8 4 17 -24 11