AEL get ready to welcome Omonia Nicosia for something different than the ordinary league football: The Cyprus Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
The visiting Omonia Nicosia played their last game only four days ago, a 1. Division match.
AEL form and stats
AEL was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Cyprus Cup. Olympiakos was too strong.It's back home for AEL, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Olympiakos away with the result 1-0. Teixeira found the net in that victory.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against PAEEK.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AEL, as the 1. Division home game vs Omonia Nicosia is only three days away.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the AEL friendly games in pre-season: AEL played two friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that AEL scored 2 goals and conceded 1 in these two games.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
They also participated in Cyprus Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when APOEL drew the shortest straw.Omonia Nicosia delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Doxa in their previous match.
A loss against APOEL was the result prior to that, in a 1. Division home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Omonia Nicosia playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Omonia Nicosia wins, three draws and one defeat.
The schedule is very tough for Omonia Nicosia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 1. Division game at AEL is waiting in only three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Nicosia have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero AEL victories, two draws and eight Omonia Nicosia wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Šćepović 7 goals |   F. Papoulis 5 goals | N. Milinceanu 4 goals |
AEL missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| AEL | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
