Perhaps a welcome break from league football as AEL & Apollon face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Cyprus Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AEL form and stats
AEL have not come this way in the Cyprus Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Ermis. AEL was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Cyprus Cup. Omonia Nicosia was too strong.4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what AEL have to build on here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in the 1. Division.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 495 minutes.
AEL's last game was hosting APOEL and winning 1-0. Manager Janevski felt very clever after Makris scored the winning goal against APOEL, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 36th minute.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Doxa that finished 0-0.AEL aren't scoring a lot here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. AEL are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Apollon form and stats
Apollon's mission in Cyprus Cup last season failed in the 2nd round against AEL.Playing away, Apollon have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the 1. Division this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Paphos in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Nea Salamis in the 1. Division.A new game in only four days for Apollon, the 1. Division home match versus Anorthosis. Busy days.
The attacking power of Apollon when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Apollon as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four AEL victories, one draw and five Apollon wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Pittas 5 goals |   S. Berahino 3 goals |  V. Roberge 3 goals |
AEL missing players
Apollon missing players
| AEL | Apollon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 25% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 33 |
| 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 | Anorthosis | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 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 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -21 | 10 |
| 14 | Olympiakos | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -20 | 9 |
