A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both AEK Larnaca and AEL know what's at stake in this second leg of the Cyprus Cup Quarter-finals clash.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
AEK Larnaca participated in Cyprus Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the 1. Division, AEK Larnaca have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. On the other hand, in the Cyprus Cup, AEK Larnaca has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. AEK Larnaca has recorded two wins in a row here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The home team returns to AEK Arena - George Karapatakis after being equal after 90 minutes with AEL on their last time out; the Cyprus Cup game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, AEK Larnaca won a home game hosting APOEL (1-0).
The AEK Larnaca fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, AEK Larnaca have conceded 11 goals.
AEL form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for AEL, as they won the Cyprus Cup.AEL have only collected 8 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 2-2-6 (10 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Cyprus Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, AEL are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
AEL's last game was the home draw against AEK Larnaca (0-0). It was a 1. Division defeat before that one as the away game against Paphos wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
AEL find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. AEL have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the AEL - AEK Larnaca 0-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): AEK Larnaca won four games, four matches ended with a draw and AEL has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  I. Trichkovski 17 goals |   R. Fernández 5 goals |  A. Ferreira Teixeira 3 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
AEL missing players
| AEK Larnaca | AEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 263 | 147 | Total Shots | T S | 108 | 259 | ||
| 115 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 120 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 22% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | APOEL | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Apollon | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | AEL | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 8 | Paphos | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Enosis | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -16 | 17 |
| 12 | Doxa | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -26 | 11 |