APOEL get ready to welcome Anorthosis for something different than the ordinary league football: The Cyprus Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for APOEL and Anorthosis.
APOEL form and stats
APOEL was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Cyprus Cup. Anorthosis was too strong.The spoils were shared in APOEL's previous game, also at home. Visiting Aris travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Omonia Nicosia and winning 4-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does APOEL handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, four draws and two defeats.
There will be little rest for APOEL after this match as they are travelling to AEK Larnaca for a 1. Division game in only four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for APOEL, who have participated in one training match. APOEL have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Anorthosis form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Anorthosis, as they won the Cyprus Cup.Anorthosis might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. AEK Larnaca proved too strong as Anorthosis slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Antonis Papadopoulos.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Apollon.We have checked recent matches where Anorthosis have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, three draws and three defeats.
Anorthosis have another match away in just four nights, a 1. Division match versus Apollon. A back-breaking itinerary for the visiting team!
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Anorthosis 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 one APOEL victory, three draws and six Anorthosis wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 10 goals |   A. Warda 8 goals |  L. Christodoulopoulos 6 goals |
APOEL missing players
Anorthosis missing players
| APOEL | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 7.8 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
