APOEL take on AEK Larnaca at “GSP Stadium” in the reverse fixture of the Cyprus Cup semi-final. The match will be played in Nicosia on Wednesday, April 25th.
APOEL lost the first-leg clash of the semi-final, however, Bruno Baltazar repeated few times that like the Cyprus Cup, like the Cyprus First Division are very important for the team as “Τhrylos” failed to win the Cyprus Cup in last two years. Last season the side was very close to make it, but couldn’t beat Apollon in the final. As usual APOEL look quite decent in the current season. The team performed in the UEFA Champions League without some significant achievements in it unlike the inner tournaments where it is still in the races for the champion’s title of Cyprus First Division as well as for the Cyprus Cup trophy. At the moment APOEL occupy the second position in the elite division standings being only two points behind the leader with three more rounds ahead. Thus, there is a possibility that the club will get two trophies by the end of the season, but in order to do this APOEL must beat AEK Larnaca in the forthcoming Wednesday fight with a clean sheet and I believe that they are quite able to make it. “Τhrylos” has an excellent home statistics, having lost only three out of 20 tackles conducted in face of their supporters with two defeats deserved in the UEFA Champions League and the last one from their rivals for the First Division gold medals – Apollon while won 14 games instead.
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Meanwhile, AEK Larnaca do not belong to the strongest teams of Cyprus and the first-leg victory was nothing but simple luck as they scored the second goal after APOEL player’s dismissal. Still it should be noted that “Kitrinoprasinoi” are still contending for a place in the Eurocups as they are currently sitting on the fifth position in the Cyprus First Division table with 62 points earned, being three points behind the fourth place which allows to participate in the Eurocups and the team is quite capable to deserved the forth position if it puts all the efforts. However, in order to achieve that the club will have to sacrifice with the Cyprus Cup despite the fact it won the first-leg battle as there are three extremely tough games left till the end of the season and the team cannot afford losing any point in them. In addition, AEK Larnaca can rarely beat APOEL on the road, having recorded only three triumphs in 20 latest visits to Nicosia.
As it was mentioned above, AEK Larnaca celebrated 2:0 victory over APOEL in the first-leg battle of the Cyprus Cup semi-final which was conducted at their own turf. However, the most titled Cyprus club is not going to give up and it looks like APOEL will try to cover two-goal loss and succeed in the reverse fixture. However, to be on a safe side I would say that the upcoming hosts will not fail at the home ground.
Prediction for the match: APOEL to win with 0.0 Asian handicap.
