AEK Larnaca and Dynamo Kyiv get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
The story so far in the 1. Division for AEK Larnaca at their home stadium (AEK Arena - George Karapatakis) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. On the other hand, in the Europa League, AEK Larnaca has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
AEK Larnaca are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus APOEL.
Ahead of that match, AEK Larnaca won a home game hosting Olympiakos (4-2).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Karmiotissa are coming to town in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Larnaca's attacking play is working. AEK Larnaca are not conceding a lot of goals here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Dynamo Kyiv form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Villarreal.Dynamo Kyiv are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). Total Europa League statistics for Dynamo Kyiv: 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.
Dynamo Kyiv's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Vorskla that finished 1-1.
A 1-3 defeat away at Shakhtar Donetsk before that.After this away game Dynamo return home for a Premier League game against Hirnyk. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Dynamo Kyiv have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the participants met previously this campaign; Dynamo Kyiv - AEK Larnaca 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Buyalskyy 5 goals |   I. Trichkovski 4 goals |  Á. Gyurcsó 2 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
Dynamo Kyiv missing players
| AEK Larnaca | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 23 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 27 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 25% | ||
| 13.2 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 9.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Rennes | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paphos | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 2 | Aris | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | APOEL | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Apollon | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Anorthosis | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Omonia Nicosia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | AEL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Enosis | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Doxa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| 14 | Akritas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 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 | Dnipro-1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Oleksandria | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Zorya | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Veres | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Metal Kharkiv | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Kolos Kovalivka | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Minai | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Vorskla | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Rukh Vynnyky | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Lviv | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | Inhulets | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Hirnyk | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Chornomorets | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 2 |
