OPAP Basket League returns to action after the Christmas holidays and the arrival of 2024 with WEEK 13 The first day of the new season holds important games with the most important one being AEK-APOEL.
Four games will be played on Friday (05/01), all starting at 19:30, and one will take place on Saturday (06/01).
The big derby of the week will take place at “Kition”, with the clash of two teams from the upper divisions, Petrolina AEK and APOEL. The “yellow-green” are leading in the standings with ten wins and one loss, while the “blue-yellow” are close behind them, but they have one less match, as they have nine wins and one loss.
At the “Tassos Papadopoulos” Eleftheria stadium, the Greek National Armed Forces will welcome Payabl. EKA AEL. In 11 matches the team of Egomi has won four and lost seven, while the “blue and yellow” have seven pink cards and four defeats.
At Apollon Arena, Apollon, which has a record of five wins and six losses, will play against E.N. Paralimnios, which is at the bottom of the standings with one pink card in eleven games. At the same time, at the B’ Technical School of Limassol, Anorthosis will claim their ninth pink sheet (they have eight wins, three losses), against Achilleas Kaimaklion, who have two wins and nine losses.
The curtain will be raised on Saturday afternoon (06/01), on the day of the Epiphany, with PAEK hosting APOP in Lefkotheo. The Pafos team is one point away from the Kyrenia team, with both having played eleven matches. APOP got three wins, compared to two for PAEK.
The schedule of the 13th matchday in detail:
Friday 05/01
Petrolina AEK – APOEL 19:30
Anorthosis – Achilleas Kaimaklion 19:30
ATHENA – Payabl. EKA AEL 19:30
Apollon – E.N. Paralimni 19:30
Saturday 06/01
PAEK – APP 16:00
