Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Anorthosis & Olympiakos face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Cyprus Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Anorthosis and Olympiakos should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Anorthosis form and stats
Anorthosis was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Cyprus Cup.This match is a Cyprus Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. It's been an uphill battle for Anorthosis in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Apollon game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting AEL.
Olympiakos form and stats
Olympiakos was sent out of Cyprus Cup in the 2nd round last season, when Anorthosis turned out to be too strong.Total Cyprus Cup statistics for Olympiakos: 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A 2-2 draw at Apollon's stadium before that.
It's a day of discovery for Olympiakos as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Olympiakos have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Olympiakos has scored 6 goals and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Anorthosis six wins, one draw and Olympiakos three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 14 goals |   V. Mantzis 11 goals |  T. Okriashvili 9 goals |
Anorthosis missing players
Olympiakos missing players
| Anorthosis | Olympiakos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||