A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both APOEL and Anorthosis know what's at stake in this second leg of the Cyprus Cup Semi-finals clash.
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
Last season, APOEL's Cyprus Cup journey ended in the 2nd round against Apollon.This match is a Cyprus Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition. Ever since the Ethnikos Achna game APOEL has been unbeatable here at Neo GSP producing five straight wins.
APOEL lost their last game at Ermis after a 0-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as APOEL lost 0-1 at Anorthosis's place.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does APOEL handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and two defeats.
The manager S. Poursaitidis will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ethnikos Achna in only four days.
APOEL have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; APOEL scored 1 goal and let in 0 goals during these one game.
Anorthosis form and stats
Anorthosis's mission in Cyprus Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Cyprus Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Anorthosis might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Omonia Nicosia proved too strong as Anorthosis slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Antonis Papadopoulos. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs APOEL.
Anorthosis are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Anorthosis - APOEL 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (APOEL wins - draws - Anorthosis wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 14 goals |  T. Okriashvili 9 goals |   J. Garner 8 goals |
APOEL missing players
Anorthosis missing players
| APOEL | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | ||