Game week two of the 1. Division season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Ermis - Apollon preview:
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.
Ermis form and stats
Ermis has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager N. Panayiotou and the players.
Ermis are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Anorthosis. Prior to that, an away loss at Aris in the 2. Division.
Last season, Ermis's league statistics were 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the 2. Division. Over these six matches they scored 9 goals and conceded 8. Playing at home last season Ermis managed 1-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 3 goals and 3 conceded.
Apollon form and stats
Apollon won their last game, 5-1 versus Saburtalo played at home. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Doxa in the 1. Division.
As you can tell from the results above, Apollon was very dominant against Saburtalo, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Bagaliy Dabo (3), Nicolas Diguiny and Giannis Gianniotas providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Bagaliy Dabo's lethal finishing against Saburtalo. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Let's have a look at how Apollon performed last season in the 1. Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 13/15 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Ermis-Apollon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ermis one win, Apollon eight wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Dabo 1 goals |
Ermis missing players
Apollon missing players
| Ermis | Apollon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Ermis | Last season | Apollon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 78% | ||
| 45% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 57% | ||
| 40% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 43% | ||
| 15% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 26% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 61% | ||
| 55% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 22% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 22% | ||
| 4.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 3.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 98 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 292 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 128 | ||
| 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Ethnikos Achna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | AEL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | APOEL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Karmiotissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Paphos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Doxa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Nea Salamis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Olympiakos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ermis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Enosis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Karmiotissa | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Ermis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| 3 | Aris | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Ayia Napa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Onisilos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 20 |
| 6 | ASIL Lysi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Othellos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 8 | Anagennisi Deryneia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 3 | APOEL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 4 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 35 |
| 6 | AEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 31 |