Apollon Limassol vs Olympiakos Nicosia Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Apollon Limassol

WLWDWL

Apollon Limassol will be wanting a better result here following the 3-1 First Division defeat in their last game at the hands of Aris Limassol.

Aleksandr Kokorin (30', 82') and Franz Brorsson (71' Own goal) scored for Aris Limassol.

Over their prior six games, David Catalá's Apollon Limassol have hit the target a total of 9 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.5.

Going into this encounter, Apollon Limassol are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.

Olympiakos Nicosia

DLLDWL

Since being beaten in their last game against AEK Larnaca in First Division competition, Olympiakos Nicosia will be hoping to turn things around here.

Imad Faraj (15') and Pere Pons (63') scored for AEK Larnaca.

It is worth noting that Olympiakos Nicosia have made hard work of scoring goals in their past 6 encounters, recording the poor return of only 1. In those matches, The Green Blacks have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 5. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings going back to 17/01/2021 tells us that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Olympiakos Nicosia. They’ve not managed to get any wins whatsoever while Apollon Limassol have been superior, running out winners in 67% of those match-ups.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 11 of them from Thrilos and 5 created by The Green Blacks. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league match featuring the two was First Division match day 8 on 21/10/2022 when it finished Olympiakos Nicosia 1-1 Apollon Limassol.

🗞️ Team News: Apollon Limassol

Israel Coll (Muscle Injury) and Vukasin Jovanovic (Ligament Injury) are not available for Apollon Limassol boss David Catalá.

📰 Team News: Olympiakos Nicosia

Olympiakos Nicosia manager Čedomir Janevski has a number of players out of action. Nikolas Chatzimitsis (Unknown Injury), Fiorin Durmishaj (Unknown Injury) and Filippos Eftichidis (Ligament Injury) won’t be making appearances.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Apollon Limassol can fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding when they line up against Olympiakos Nicosia, who might well find it difficult to break down their defence.

Our tip is for a fairly comfortable 2-0 margin for Apollon Limassol at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:52 23/01/2023