Anorthosis perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Paphos can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- Anorthosis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paphos has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in 1. Division
Paphos could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. Division game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Omonia Nicosia. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Anorthosis form and stats
Anorthosis are steadily winning 1. Division games and points here at Stadio Antonis Papadopoulos. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Ever since the Apollon game Anorthosis has been unbeatable here at Stadio Antonis Papadopoulos producing four straight wins.
Anorthosis travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ermis that ended 1-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Doxa.
Anorthosis are traveling soon after this match as the 1. Division match at Omonia Nicosia awaits in four days.
The Anorthosis manager T. Ketsbaia has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Anorthosis have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Paphos form and stats
Paphos have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from Paphos as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the 1. Division match against Omonia Nicosia (1-2). Before that, Paphos travelled to AEK Larnaca and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The attacking power of Paphos when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Paphos as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Paphos - Anorthosis 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Anorthosis five wins, four draws and Paphos one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 7 goals |   O. Valakari 5 goals |  T. Okriashvili 4 goals |
Anorthosis missing players
Paphos missing players
| Anorthosis | Paphos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 71% | 86% |
| 71% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 36% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 12.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 37% |
- Anorthosis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Anorthosis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paphos have scored away.
- Anorthosis have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Anorthosis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paphos has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in 1. Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Apollon | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | AEL | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Anorthosis | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Olympiakos | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Paphos | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Doxa | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | APOEL | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Ermis | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Nea Salamis | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 14 | Enosis | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 8 |