Aris vs APOEL Match Preview

Aris Limassol welcomes APOEL in the context of the sixteenth matchday of the Cypriot championship at the newly built "Alphamega Stadium" which is now the home of the Limassol teams.

The hosts are coming off an away bore draw by penultimate Olympiakos Nicosia, their second consecutive clean sheet after the match against AEL preceding it. Now the Limassols are five points behind APOEL as in their last four matches they have achieved only one win and three draws. The positive thing for them is that they hardly lose, while in the last three matches they kept a clean sheet.

The visitors, on the other hand, beat Anorthosis 1-0 at home, fairly, without being impressive, thus reaching the nine consecutive victories in the championship, which led them to the first place in the scoreboard, taking advantage of the losses of the other title contenders. APOEL may not risk the match since even with a draw they maintain their difference from Aris and remain at the top of the standings.

In conclusion, I think that the match is important for both teams since the visitors need not to lose in order to maintain their unbeaten streak and the home team at least to get a draw so that they don't find themselves eight points away from APOEL in case of defeat. I will bet 3 units at 1X at odds of 1.55.