Match Report
Both sides brought 3 points into this one — APOEL 5th, AEL 7th. Per game in the league, APOEL were scoring 3.5 and conceding 1.5, AEL 1 and 3, against a competition average of 1.83 goals per team per game.
AEL were unbeaten in 7, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: APOEL 5/15, AEL 11/15.
40 meetings are on record — 24 won by APOEL, 8 by AEL, 8 drawn, at 2.42 goals per meeting. 3.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.42.
The match was played at Neo GSP (Nicosía (Levkosía)) (capacity 22,859). The referee was P. Hadjigeorghiou, with 30 matches in our database and 2.2 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: APOEL led 2-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 6-0.
Goal scorers
APOEL: Marquinhos (10'), Fabricio Pedrozo (20'), Konstantinos Stafylidis (61'), Gabriel Maioli (79'), Fabricio Pedrozo (84'), Facundo Pérez (90')
Key stats
Possession: APOEL 62% · AEL 38% · Total shots: 12-6 · On target: 8-5 · Corners: 3-0