Cyprus Football

Paphos still top of the table who were at home had a bit of a shock and struggled to beat bottom of the table Omonia 29s who led 1-0 through a goal from a goal from Garcia on the stroke of half time.Pafos equalised with a present of an own goal from Omonia Aradippou.

Pafos scored the winning goal in the 60th minute through Correia giving the league leaders a 2-1 win.

AEK beat AEL on Sunday with their goals for the “yellow-greens of AEK ” scored by Faraj (28′) and Pere Pons (86′) one in each half..

With this victory, Henning Berg’s team rose to 44 points, while Marios Nikolaou’s AEL team remain stuck at 21 points, in ninth place.

Apollon defeated Omonia Aradippou 1-0 at the “Alphamega Stadium”, with the lone goal scored by De Marco in the 23rd minute.

The Limassol team is on 34 points, placing itself in sixth place, while Omonia Aradippou remain on 19 points and in eleventh place.

Omonia Nicosia had a convincing win over Karmiotissa 3-0, with their goals coming from Stepinski just seconds before the half time break.then two goals followed from Ewandro and Kousoulos in the final minutes.Omonia are holding their own in fourth place.

while Nea Salamina and Aris drew 2-2, with the Limassol team the current League champions losing ground in the race to claim the League title.Nea Salamina were leading 2-0, with both goals coming from Michail.Aris reduced the score to 2-1 in the 38th minute through Mayambela.Then in the 82nd minute an own goal gave the equaliser to Aris to end the game 2-2.

The Anorthosis-APOEL derby ended in a 2-2 draw at the “Antonis Papadopoulos” stadium.

David Abania opened the scoring for APOEL in the 30th minute. APOEL’s lead was overturned by Anorthosis with two consecutive goals by Rafael Lopes, in the 41st minute, and Konstantinos Chrysopoulos, in the 44th minute.
In the second half, Youssef El Arabi’s goal for APOEL brought the game to 2-2 in the 53rd minute, ending the game with a draw.

Paphos struggled with a victory over Omonia 29M and lead at the top by 4 points from 2nd placed Aris who “stumbled” in Nea Salamina with a draw.
With victories, AEK reduced the difference from 2nd place to 4 points as well as Omonia which were 2 points behind the Larnaca team.

APOEL lost ground as they drew 2-2 at Antonis Papadopoulos with Anorthosis, while in 6th place is closed by Apollon who beat Omonia Aradippou.

Results
Nea Salamina – Aris 2-2, Omonia – Karmiotissa 3-0, Ethnikos – ENP 0-1, Apollon – Omonia Aradippou 1-0, AEK – AEL 2-0, Paphos – Omonia 29M 2 -1, Anorthosis – APOEL 2-2.

Standings
Paphos 52, Aris 48, AEK 44, Omonia 42, APOEL 36, Apollon 34, Anorthosis 32, Ethnikos 23, AEL 21, Karmiotissa 20, Omonia Aradippou. 19, Paralimni 15, Nea Salamina 13, Omonoia 29M 10.