Match-day 19 of the Cyprus football League wraps up today with the battle between AEZ and Aris, two teams fighting to avoid the drop. The match begins at 19:00 local time.
During the weekend matches, APOEL, which leads the league, achieved a win against Doxa, while AEK won the match against Nea Salamina and is only one point behind APOEL.
The results during the weekend of match day 19 are as follows: AEL – Anorthosi 0-0, Omonia – Apollon 1-2, Ermis – Karmiotissa 2 – 0, Anagennisi – Ethnicos 2 – 3, Doxa – APOEL 0 – 2, AEK – Nea Salamina 2 – 0.
APOEL, AEK Larnaca and Apollon Limassol continued their charge in the Cypriot title campaign while Omonia and AEL stumbled.
Thomas Christiansen’s APOEL got a 2-0 win at Doxa Katokopia. Igor de Camargo and Pieros Sotiriou got the goals to keep the Cypriot champions one point ahead of closest rivals AEK – who clinched a 2-0 win against Nea Salamina at the AEK Arena.
Apollon also gave their title hopes a massive boost after beating Omonia 2-1 in the big game in Nicosia. Both sides had been locked in fourth position heading into the contest at the GSP Stadium but it was Apollon that surged ahead after a clinical piece of finishing by Adrian Sardinero.
Omonia had managed to level proceedings through Carlitos before Sardinero delivered the killer blow six minutes from time.
Pambos Christodoulou’s AEL lost ground in their league title pursuit after being held to a 0-0 draw by a resilient Anorthosis.
In other games, Ermis beat Karmiotissa 2-0 to move up to sixth in the standings while Ethnikos Achnas continued their impressive form with a 3-2 win away to bottom club Anagennises.
Standings in 19 matches: APOEL 46, AEK 45, AEL 41, Apollon 40, Omonia 37, Ermis 28, Nea Salamina 26, Ethnicos 24, Anorthosi 22, Karmiotissa 19, Aris 11 (18 matches), Doxa 11, AEZ 9 (18 matches), Anagennisi 5.
