📊 Form Guide

APOEL

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APOEL prepare for this fixture after a 2-2 First Division draw against Ethnikos Achna.

For APOEL, the scorers were Youssef El-Arabi (61') and Stefan Dražić (90'). Pablo González (5') and Nicolás Andereggen (87') scored for Ethnikos Achna.

It has been all too rare in recent games where APOEL have shown defensive steel. In fact, APOEL have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals along the way.

Going into this one, APOEL haven't been beaten in the league by Karmiotissa in their last 7 matches.

Karmiotissa

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Karmiotissa head into the meeting following on from a 2-0 First Division win versus Enosis Neon Paralimni in their most recent outing.

For Karmiotissa, the goals were scored by Christos Giousis (26') and Dušan Bakić (90').

The stats tell the story, and Karmiotissa have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals overall. At the back, Karmiotissa have been far from perfect. We will see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Coming into this clash, Karmiotissa are without an away win for the past 6 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A study of their past head to head meetings going back to 10/05/2021 tells us that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Karmiotissa. They’ve not been able to get any victories whatsoever whereas APOEL have been dominant against them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those games played.

A combined sum of 21 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 17 for Thrylos and 4 belonging to Karmiotissa. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The last league clash featuring the two was First Division match day 3 on 14/09/2024 when it finished Karmiotissa 0-3 APOEL.

📋 Team News: APOEL

Marquinhos (Muscle injury) and Kingsley Sarfo (Hamstring muscle injury) won’t be available for APOEL boss Manolo Jiménez.

📰 Team News: Karmiotissa

In an otherwise full-strength squad, there is only the one fitness issue for the Karmiotissa manager Alexandros Garpozis to be concerned with. Kypros Christoforou (Knee surgery) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Karmiotissa have it within them to break down this APOEL side, although that probably won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for APOEL after 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

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Peter Guest, 15:00 04/01/2025