Apoel continue to be on top of the table after the first game of the play off group stages after beating Omonia 2-0 their goals came from Lucas Souza header in the 62nd minute and Dellatore made it 2-0. This leaves Apoel top with 66 points and Apollon 64 points and second after beating Limassol rivals AEL 5-1. Their goals coming from Papoulis 2, Markovits 2 and Youste. AEL’s lone goal came from Gambienetta.
Third place Anorthosis drew with Larnaca rivals AEK 2-2. Their goals coming from a Abdullahyev header Then AEK took the lead with two goals in three minutes with Larena penalty and Yiannos goal. Anorthosis equaliser came from Duris. Anorthosis are in third place with 57 points and AEK fourth with 54 points.
Doxa beat Olympiakos 1-0 with an Asamoah goal.
A Fabrizio goal gave Alki a 1-0 win over Ermis Aradippou.
New Salamis took the lead with a goal from Carlao versus Paphos but they come back to win 3-1 whose goals came from Sikorski 2 and Bruls.
Results of Match Day 1, Group A’: Apollon-AEL 5-1, AEK-Anorthosis 2-2, Omonia-APOEL 0-2. Group B’: Olympiakos-Doxa 0-1, Ermis-Alki 0-1, Nea Salamina-Paphos 1-3.
Standings, Group A’: APOEL 66, Apollon 64, Anorthosis 57, AEK 54, AEL 48, Omonia 44. Group B’: Doxa 37, Ermis 30, Paphos 29, Alki 26, Nea Salamina 24, Olympiakos 20.