Akritas fights Aris in 2. Division battle

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Competition: Cyprus 2. Division
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Koinotiko Stadio Chlorakas

Akritas will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 24 points behind Aris.

Insights:
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 2. Division

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Akritas can neither be promoted or relegated from 2. Division. Aris are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Akritas form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Division for Akritas at their home stadium (Koinotiko Stadio Chlorakas) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats. Akritas are slowly digging their own grave here at Koinotiko Stadio Chlorakas with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the EN THOI Lakatamia match.

The Akritas goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 239 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2. Division.

In the match before that, Akritas hosted Anagennisi Deryneia and drew the game 0-0.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Akritas played a great game against Digenis Ypsonas and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Akritas has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Akritas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Koinotiko Stadio Chlorakas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches.

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Aris form and stats

Aris, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 2. Division, have an excellent away record in the 2. Division so far with 9-6-1 from 16 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ayia Napa game have they lost an away game, meaning Aris has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

A 0-0 draw at PAEEK's stadium before that.

The visiting Aris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 16 games. Aris are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Aris - Akritas 3-1. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Akritas, zero draws and seven wins for Aris. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Akritas missing players

Aris missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Akritas Aris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
11 5 1 Won W 3 9 20
10 7 3 Drew D 2 6 10
12 4 1 Lost L 0 1 3
41 17 2 Scored S 7 22 49
46 14 4 Conceded C 2 10 22
88% 81% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 91%
70% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 70%
48% 38% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 31% 33%
33% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
48% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 45%
33% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 45%
30% 38% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
6.4 6.8 4.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 6.7 9.2
2.5 2.6 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3 4.1
43% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 43% 36%
Key stats in 2. Division this season:
  • Aris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in 2. Division
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 2. Division
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in 2. 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 PAEEK 33 21 6 6 66 26 16 11 3 2 40 15 17 10 3 4 26 11 40 69
2 Othellos 33 20 8 5 53 30 17 11 4 2 31 13 16 9 4 3 22 17 23 68
3 Aris 33 20 10 3 49 22 17 11 4 2 27 12 16 9 6 1 22 10 27 67
4 Ayia Napa 33 16 11 6 49 34 16 7 6 3 22 17 17 9 5 3 27 17 15 59
5 Alki Oroklini 33 13 13 7 54 36 17 7 5 5 30 21 16 6 8 2 24 15 18 52
6 Omonia Aradippou 33 15 6 12 53 45 17 7 3 7 26 25 16 8 3 5 27 20 8 51
7 Onisilos 33 12 12 9 55 50 16 7 5 4 25 21 17 5 7 5 30 29 5 48
8 Ahironas 33 12 9 12 42 40 17 7 6 4 26 18 16 5 3 8 16 22 2 45
9 Anagennisi Deryneia 33 12 8 13 49 48 17 9 2 6 32 22 16 3 6 7 17 26 1 44
10 ASIL Lysi 33 12 7 14 31 33 16 6 6 4 17 14 17 6 1 10 14 19 -2 43
11 Akritas 33 11 10 12 41 46 16 5 7 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 24 32 -5 43
12 Xylotympou 33 10 10 13 40 43 17 6 6 5 20 17 16 4 4 8 20 26 -3 40
13 Kouris Erimi 33 9 9 15 46 54 16 6 5 5 27 21 17 3 4 10 19 33 -8 36
14 Digenis Morphou 33 9 9 15 42 52 16 6 4 6 18 19 17 3 5 9 24 33 -10 36
15 AE Zakakiou 33 8 9 16 30 49 16 8 1 7 21 18 17 0 8 9 9 31 -19 33
16 Omonia Psevda 33 8 7 18 42 61 16 1 4 11 19 34 17 7 3 7 23 27 -19 31
17 EN THOI Lakatamia 33 5 7 21 34 67 17 4 4 9 22 34 16 1 3 12 12 33 -33 19
18 Digenis Ypsonas 33 5 7 21 31 71 17 3 4 10 15 37 16 2 3 11 16 34 -40 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PAEEK 33 21 6 6 66 26 16 11 3 2 40 15 17 10 3 4 26 11 40 69
2 Othellos 33 20 8 5 53 30 17 11 4 2 31 13 16 9 4 3 22 17 23 68
3 Aris 33 20 10 3 49 22 17 11 4 2 27 12 16 9 6 1 22 10 27 67
4 Ayia Napa 33 16 11 6 49 34 16 7 6 3 22 17 17 9 5 3 27 17 15 59
5 Alki Oroklini 33 13 13 7 54 36 17 7 5 5 30 21 16 6 8 2 24 15 18 52
6 Omonia Aradippou 33 15 6 12 53 45 17 7 3 7 26 25 16 8 3 5 27 20 8 51
7 Onisilos 33 12 12 9 55 50 16 7 5 4 25 21 17 5 7 5 30 29 5 48
8 Ahironas 33 12 9 12 42 40 17 7 6 4 26 18 16 5 3 8 16 22 2 45
9 Anagennisi Deryneia 33 12 8 13 49 48 17 9 2 6 32 22 16 3 6 7 17 26 1 44
10 ASIL Lysi 33 12 7 14 31 33 16 6 6 4 17 14 17 6 1 10 14 19 -2 43
11 Akritas 33 11 10 12 41 46 16 5 7 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 24 32 -5 43
12 Xylotympou 33 10 10 13 40 43 17 6 6 5 20 17 16 4 4 8 20 26 -3 40
13 Kouris Erimi 33 9 9 15 46 54 16 6 5 5 27 21 17 3 4 10 19 33 -8 36
14 Digenis Morphou 33 9 9 15 42 52 16 6 4 6 18 19 17 3 5 9 24 33 -10 36
15 AE Zakakiou 33 8 9 16 30 49 16 8 1 7 21 18 17 0 8 9 9 31 -19 33
16 Omonia Psevda 33 8 7 18 42 61 16 1 4 11 19 34 17 7 3 7 23 27 -19 31
17 EN THOI Lakatamia 33 5 7 21 34 67 17 4 4 9 22 34 16 1 3 12 12 33 -33 19
18 Digenis Ypsonas 33 5 7 21 31 71 17 3 4 10 15 37 16 2 3 11 16 34 -40 19

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