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The attractive double of Anorthosis (2.75), the (G/G) in Apollon-AEK (1.78), City-Bournemouth (1.70), Milan-Roma (1.81) and the accumulator at 3.65!
Another full football Sunday with countless games.
In the Cypriot championship, the 9th matchday is completed with three matches. Of course, the derby between Apollon and AEK dominates. Ipsonas-Anorthosis is also a crucial match in the effort made by the two teams to escape from the lows. In the third match of the night, the champion Paphos hosts AEL.
From the rest of Europe, the derby in the Campeonato between Milan and Roma dominates.
An interesting match in the Premier League between Manchester City and this year's impressive Bournemouth.
We will see these and many more in more detail below...
Below you will see in detail all the competitive action:
UNION OF YOUNG PEOPLE YPSONAS-ANORTHOSIS (17:00)
A crucial game for both teams, something we mentioned in our introduction. Both will fight to avoid relegation and these matches are characterized as "six" points and it is no coincidence. The hosts have collected seven points so far and the Lady four. In fact, the visitors are so far unaware of the joy of victory and tonight they believe that the time has come to celebrate it. The hosts are coming off four consecutive defeats in the league and the last one was against AEL (1-0). Cvedomir Janevski's team is not a bad team, but lately they have not been able to get points, which they will be looking for tonight. Anorthosis comes from the 1-1 draw with Aris and showed signs of improvement. But for this point to have value, he will have to win tonight, otherwise... Work is not done.
MANCHESTER CITY-BOURNEMOUTH (18:30)
In theory and looking at this particular pair, one will say we are talking about a game with City as the super favorite! In practice, however, and especially this year, this is not the case. The hosts have 16 points and the visitors 18. From here one can easily understand that we are talking about a derby between two very good teams. This year's City presents the same problems as last year. He is unstable and concedes goals easily: In the previous matchday they were defeated 1-0 away from home by Aston Villa who made the surprise. The visitors returned to success, beating Nottingham Forest 2-0. It should be noted that Bournemouth has suffered only one defeat so far and that was by Liverpool in the Premier League opener. All this is not at all accidental for Anthony Iraola's band.
A very big game is expected in Limassol, between two very good and quality teams. The visitors may seem to be more of a team on the pitch, but Apollon tonight will also measure their strength and show again what they can achieve this year. The hosts are coming off a 2-2 draw with Olympiacos away from home: They managed to turn the tables against them, but in the end the "black and greens" equalized with a goal from a set piece, a development that brought gloom to the Apollon camp again. On the other hand, AEK comes from a 1-1 draw in the derby with APOEL, after a few nights where they prevailed outside Crystal Palace 1-0 and made the whole football world talk. It is true that at the moment, the team of Imanol Idiaquez seems to be better and of better quality than the team of Sofronis Avgoustis, which shows instability in its performance.
The champions suffered their second defeat this season in the league on the previous matchday: Although they took the lead in the derby against Omonia, the "greens" managed to turn the tables against them with a well-timed penalty kick by Semedo (2-1). This defeat dropped Paphos to 2nd place in the standings and tonight the victory against AEL is a one-way street. The visitors improved their image with Hugo Martins on the bench and will fight for entry into the top six. This is their realistic goal in this year's championship. AEL comes from a difficult 1-0 victory against Ypsonas, with a goal by Natel in the last minutes of the match.
Both Milan and Roma made a very good team this year. They are doing very well so far in the Campeonato and look capable of staying on top until the end. It is true that Milan seems to be more stable in performance than Roma, but this does not mean that they will win tonight's derby between them.