AEK Larnaca get ready to welcome PAEEK for something different than the ordinary league football: The Cyprus Cup 2nd Round leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither AEK Larnaca nor PAEEK as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Cyprus Cup for AEK Larnaca, as the manager Jiménez led his troops to eliminate Alki Oroklini, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Cyprus Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis as AEK Larnaca have scored 11 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Larnaca drew their last game, 2-2 away at PAEEK.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Apollon.AEK Larnaca are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won ten, drew two and lost one.
AEK Larnaca has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. AEK Larnaca are not conceding a lot of goals here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
PAEEK form and stats
Last season their Cyprus Cup adventure ended in the intermediate round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for PAEEK so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
PAEEK's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus AEK Larnaca that finished 2-2. As mentioned above, PAEEK drew the match against AEK Larnaca. Manager Serghides brought on Kapartis to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Anorthosis.You'll want to know how PAEEK managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and three home wins.
PAEEK are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). In the opposite end, PAEEK have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior six meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for AEK Larnaca, one draw and one win for PAEEK. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Trichkovski 9 goals |  M. Derbyshire 6 goals |  Á. Gyurcsó 3 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
PAEEK missing players
| AEK Larnaca | PAEEK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 21 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 5.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.1 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aris | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Apollon | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Paphos | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Anorthosis | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | APOEL | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Doxa | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | AEL | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 8 |
