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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro (13331 seats)

1. Division: Two participants in reasonable form get together for this match. APOEL hold a tiny advantage with their 2nd place in the standings?

Insights:
  • APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (7) in 1. Division

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!

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Karmiotissa form and stats

Karmiotissa have played 9 1. Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Coulibaly was the last player to score a league goal for Karmiotissa and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Karmiotissa haven't scored in 199 minutes. The Karmiotissa goalkeeper Milan Knobloch is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 347 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. Division.

Karmiotissa shared the glory with Olympiakos in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

In the match before that, Karmiotissa hosted Aris and drew the game 0-0.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on APOEL to win. Let's see if Karmiotissa are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 10 games found revealing 0 Karmiotissa wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Karmiotissa aren't scoring a lot here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games.

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APOEL form and stats

APOEL have an excellent away record in the 1. Division so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games.

APOEL play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to AEL (placed 7th). That defeat ended this club's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; 14 games in total!

Before that, APOEL secured a home win against Olympiakos with the score 1-0.

A tale of few goals? 14 of this side's latest 18 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as APOEL are hosting Aris in the Cyprus Cup only four days away.

APOEL has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the sides met previously this season; APOEL - Karmiotissa 0-0. Statistics for the preceeding seven meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Karmiotissa, two draws and four wins for APOEL. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

APOELM. Sousa Natividade
M. Sousa Natividade
6 goals
APOELM. Sušić
M. Sušić
3 goals
KarmiotissaM. El Allouchi
M. El Allouchi
2 goals

Karmiotissa missing players

APOEL missing players

Karmiotissa APOEL
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
5 3 0 Won W 2 7 12
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
8 4 1 Lost L 1 1 2
13 7 0 Scored S 4 14 24
24 9 1 Conceded C 2 5 7
78% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
61% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 50%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 22%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 28%
39% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 61%
50% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 22%
 
4.9 5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5.4 5.6
5.4 5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 1.9 2.4
2.5 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
8.4 10.3 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.9 9.7
2.7 3.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 3.9
22% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 34%
 
12.9 13.1 14 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 8.2 6.8
5.1 5.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.3 2.8
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • APOEL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (7) in 1. Division
  • APOEL have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in 1. Division
  • APOEL have the most points (22) away in 1. Division
  • APOEL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • APOEL 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 18 13 2 3 29 10 9 8 1 0 18 3 9 5 1 3 11 7 19 41
2 APOEL 18 12 4 2 24 7 9 5 3 1 10 2 9 7 1 1 14 5 17 40
3 Paphos 18 11 5 2 38 13 9 6 2 1 21 7 9 5 3 1 17 6 25 38
4 Aris 18 9 7 2 29 12 9 3 4 2 15 10 9 6 3 0 14 2 17 34
5 Omonia Nicosia 18 10 1 7 30 17 9 8 0 1 22 3 9 2 1 6 8 14 13 31
6 Apollon 17 8 5 4 17 14 8 5 1 2 9 6 9 3 4 2 8 8 3 29
7 AEL 17 7 4 6 14 11 9 4 1 4 7 7 8 3 3 2 7 4 3 25
8 Nea Salamis 18 8 1 9 18 23 9 4 1 4 10 13 9 4 0 5 8 10 -5 25
9 Karmiotissa 18 5 5 8 13 24 9 3 2 4 7 9 9 2 3 4 6 15 -11 20
10 Anorthosis 18 5 4 9 13 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 3 1 5 6 11 -9 19
11 Enosis 18 4 2 12 12 27 9 2 2 5 6 11 9 2 0 7 6 16 -15 14
12 Doxa 18 3 3 12 10 26 9 1 1 7 3 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -16 12
13 Akritas 18 3 2 13 11 32 9 3 0 6 7 17 9 0 2 7 4 15 -21 11
14 Olympiakos 18 1 7 10 10 30 9 1 5 3 5 9 9 0 2 7 5 21 -20 10