Tripimeni 1 Livadia 2
Livadia pulled the surprise of the day by beating second in the table Tripimeni who were really shaken by Livadia’s direct attacking approach. Tripimeni had loads of chances early on in the game however the Livadia goalkeeper Anthony Manoli pulled off some amazing saves to keep it 0-0. Then the linesman spotted an off the ball incident and Alex Phillipou was sent off. Livadia then capitalised with a tremendous free kick smashed home by Vince Rispoli. 1-0 at half time and Livadia pushed on and missed chance after chance and Livadia were made to pay when Tripimeni equalised in 60 minute with a goal from Sam Bartram.
Livadia showed their maturity and pushed on to score with a wonderful team goal in the 85th minute set up by Adem Ali and finished by Elia Katsoulidi with his 7th goal in 3 matches. Another Tripimeni player was also sent off towards the end of the game. Game finished 2-1 to Livadia who now have a good outside chance of winning the Championship not bad for a team that were only formed last season plus its opened up the title race and the most exciting title race in years.
Rizokarpasso 6 Komi Kebir 2
Rizokarpasso got back to their winning ways and still at the top of the table after a stylish win over Komi Kebir . Rizokarpasso’s goals came from Bradley Stylianou 3, Ricardo, Harry Vazanias and Nick Nicou. Komi were 5-0 down then 5-2 and then 6-2. Both Komi Kebir goals were absolute screamers straight into the top corner of the net from Andy Stylianou.
Olympia 0 New Salamis 2
New Salamis had a massive scare playing versus Olympia at Bullsmoor Lane on Sunday , Olympia really played well and created lots of chances and kept the New Salamis keeper busy. New Salamis really grinded out this win and it took two penalties late in the game both scored by Steve Velandia to give New Salamis a 2-0 win and raise their championship hopes.
Cetinkaya Cinar 1 Apoel 3
Cetinkaya Cinar scored on 3 minutes when Evren Altinok slammed the ball past the Apoel keeper after a lightning attack, 1-0. The game was evenly matched when Apoel equalised in the 16th minute after the Cinar defence were caught flatfooted as Andre McCollins ran on to make it 1-1.
On the half hour mark Salih Karakis sped past 2 Apoel defenders and then was tripped in the box. Volkan Altinok missed the penalty for Cinar when he slipped on taking the kick.
With 15 minutes left on the clock and the game looking like a banker draw, Apoel took the lead, a headed own goal from a corner, 1-2. Cinar heads dropped and Apoel scored the third a minute later again with Andre McCollins. Despite Cetinkaya Cinar’s efforts, all 3 points went to Apoel, leaving Cinar in the bottom 3.
First Division
Pantel 2 Brotherhood 2
Pantel gave Brotherhood a fright with a very convincing performance and were leading two nil until the very late stages of the game. Brotherhood thought it was going to be a repeat of their performance two weeks ago when they lost their unbeaten run to Achna. Both Pantels goal came from spot kicks, one a corner and the other a free kick and both headers the first from Jason and the other from Yiannis Yianni.
Brotherhood’s goals that came late in the game were from Aaron Kennedy with a shot from the edge of the box, the other in added time again from Aaron Kennedy. This draw still leaves Brotherhood on top of the second division.
All Saints 2 Arachne 4
Arachne pulled off a good win over All Saints to keep their promotion hopes going and they did find it difficult at times with the Saints. It was 1-0 to Arachne at half time and the All Saints keeper Peter Charalambous made some tremendous saves as did Arachne’s keeper Aidan . Arachne’s goal scoring hero was Damien Spyrou who scored a hat trick with their other goal from Leo. One of the goals was brilliant when Lorenzo went past two players then crossed it for Damien to flick it into the back of the net.
Arachne thought they were cruising at 4-0 but All Saints fought back to get it to 4-2 their two goals coming from Rhys Watson penalty and Serkan Kemal direct free kick.
Pendayia 7 Asha 1
Jordan Shaw was the hero for Pendayia scoring four goals, Mark Richards got two and Antonis Kallis one. Asha’s lone goal was scored by Andrew Sparsi. This win lifts Pendayia to fifth place.
Anorthosis 0 Maronites 2
Anorthosis must be disappointed with this defeat Maronites stopped them in their tracks with a very good win. Simi Kouttis started the ball rolling with a diving header from a corner in the 35th minute. Marcus Archer added the second in the 60th minute plus Anorthosis missed a penalty in the 80th minute. A great win for Maronites lifting them to sixth position while Anorthosis remain in second spot.
