The league table is allowed to rest as APOEL and Olympiakos battle for Cyprus Cup honors in this first 2nd Round leg of two fixtures.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither APOEL nor Olympiakos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
APOEL form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Cyprus Cup for APOEL, as the manager Avgousti led his troops to eliminate Nea Salamis, and reach the 2nd Round. APOEL participated in Cyprus Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Anorthosis.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Neo GSP as APOEL have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for APOEL, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ethnikos Achna away with the result 3-0. Kvilitaia, Natel and Satsias found the net in that victory.
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Omonia Nicosia.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from APOEL's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Aris are coming to town in four days.
The APOEL fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. APOEL are not conceding a lot of goals here at Neo GSP in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Olympiakos form and stats
Olympiakos's mission in Cyprus Cup last season failed in the final.Olympiakos have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 1. Division home defeat versus Paphos with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A 0-1 defeat away at Omonia Nicosia before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Olympiakos when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning one game.
Olympiakos have another fixture away from home in just four days, a 1. Division game vs Doxa. A grim timetable for the visiting team!
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Olympiakos's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 8 matches. As opposed to that, Olympiakos have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two teams are: six wins for APOEL, one draw and three wins for Olympiakos. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 5 goals |  L. Vieira de Souza 3 goals |  L. Natel Vieira 3 goals |
APOEL missing players
Olympiakos missing players
| APOEL | Olympiakos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 34 | 43 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 25% | ||
| 8 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aris | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Apollon | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Paphos | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | APOEL | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Anorthosis | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Doxa | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | AEL | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -20 | 8 |
