Soccer match preview: AEK Larnaca confident before travelling to Olympiakos

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Fri 20.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Makareio Stadio (16000 seats)

Both Olympiakos and AEK Larnaca are thirsting for points in this fixture, even with the away side having a 31 point lead from earlier matches.

Insights:
  • Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in 1. Division
  • AEK Larnaca is in the best form (5-1-0) in 1. Division

This could be an intriguing game with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Olympiakos form and stats

With 1 1. Division win, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Olympiakos are certainly not brimming with confidence. Olympiakos have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Olympiakos, as their goalkeeper Joel Mall has completely shut out the opponents for 243 minutes in the 1. Division.

A good away victory last time out for Olympiakos, who won 1-0 against Akritas (placed 14th). This was their first victory after twelve consecutive league fixtures without winning!

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Karmiotissa that ended 0-0.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have produced two goals or less.

Olympiakos have scored {5 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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AEK Larnaca form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of AEK Larnaca playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Larnaca as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Altman (2), Lopes and Faraj scored in AEK Larnaca's previous match, the home game against Aris that ended 4-3. An amazing comeback from Larnaca last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Faraj scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Faraj scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Aris.

A defeat, in the Cyprus Cup away at Nea Salamis, earlier.

Highlight this: 9 of the last 12 league games involving this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The visiting AEK Larnaca have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on AEK Larnaca as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

AEK Larnaca - Olympiakos 4-2 was the outcome when these two contenders last met, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Olympiakos wins - draws - AEK Larnaca wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK LarnacaO. Altman
O. Altman
8 goals
AEK LarnacaR. Guimarães Lopes
R. Guimarães Lopes
5 goals
AEK LarnacaÁ. Gyurcsó
Á. Gyurcsó
4 goals

Olympiakos missing players

AEK Larnaca missing players

Olympiakos AEK Larnaca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 4 9 19
2 1 0 Won W 3 5 14
7 5 1 Drew D 1 1 2
10 3 1 Lost L 0 3 3
11 5 0 Scored S 5 11 33
30 9 2 Conceded C 1 7 13
84% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 89%
63% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 53%
32% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 42%
21% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 26%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
37% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 32%
26% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 75% 44% 58%
53% 56% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 21%
 
2.9 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 6 5.5
6.5 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.7 3.5
2.7 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.4 8.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.1 12
2.7 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 5.3
21% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 33%
 
13.8 12.3 17 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 9.4 9.7
5.7 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.3 3.8
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Larnaca have scored more than double the goals of Olympiakos.
  • AEK Larnaca is in the best form (5-1-0) in 1. Division
  • 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 the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) 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 AEK Larnaca 19 14 2 3 33 13 10 9 1 0 22 6 9 5 1 3 11 7 20 44
2 APOEL 19 13 4 2 26 8 9 5 3 1 10 2 10 8 1 1 16 6 18 43
3 Paphos 19 12 5 2 40 13 9 6 2 1 21 7 10 6 3 1 19 6 27 41
4 Aris 19 9 7 3 32 16 9 3 4 2 15 10 10 6 3 1 17 6 16 34
5 Omonia Nicosia 19 11 1 7 31 17 10 9 0 1 23 3 9 2 1 6 8 14 14 34
6 Apollon 18 9 5 4 20 14 9 6 1 2 12 6 9 3 4 2 8 8 6 32
7 AEL 18 7 4 7 14 12 9 4 1 4 7 7 9 3 3 3 7 5 2 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 19 5 5 9 14 26 10 3 2 5 8 11 9 2 3 4 6 15 -12 20
10 Anorthosis 19 5 4 10 13 25 9 2 3 4 7 11 10 3 1 6 6 14 -12 19
11 Enosis 19 4 2 13 12 29 10 2 2 6 6 13 9 2 0 7 6 16 -17 14
12 Olympiakos 19 2 7 10 11 30 9 1 5 3 5 9 10 1 2 7 6 21 -19 13
13 Doxa 18 3 3 12 10 26 9 1 1 7 3 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -16 12
14 Akritas 19 3 2 14 11 33 10 3 0 7 7 18 9 0 2 7 4 15 -22 11