1. Division duel: Close contest expected between Paphos and Apollon

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Stelios Kyriakides (10000 seats)

Lots to play for in this game, with Paphos positioned 4th and Apollon placed 3rd. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Paphos have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in 1. Division
  • Apollon have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.

The hosts Paphos saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Cyprus Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Anorthosis, was also a home game here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides. The away team is better rested.

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Paphos form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 1. Division games here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides for Paphos. The data says 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.

The Paphos crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Anorthosis here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides in a Cyprus Cup match.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Olympiakos and winning 2-1.

Paphos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Paphos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Apollon form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Apollon playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.

Apollon go into this game after a win, the home game against Omonia Nicosia that ended 2-0.

A 1-2 defeat away at AEK Larnaca before that.

After this away game Apollon return home for a Cyprus Cup game against AEL. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Apollon have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: Apollon - Paphos 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Paphos wins - draws - Apollon wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PaphosO. Valakari
O. Valakari
8 goals
ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
5 goals
ApollonB. Dabo
B. Dabo
5 goals

Paphos missing players

Apollon missing players

Paphos Apollon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 2 8 16
6 4 0 Won W 1 4 10
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 2
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
21 14 1 Scored S 2 8 25
15 4 1 Conceded C 2 5 15
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 75%
31% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 12% 38%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 44%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 44%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
5.1 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5.4
6.4 5.1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 2.5 3
2.6 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
10.8 10.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 10.6 10.3
4.9 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.1
27% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 38%
 
8.8 7.1 4 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.4 8.1
3.4 2.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.8
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Apollon have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paphos have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Paphos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Paphos have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Paphos have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in 1. Division
  • Paphos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paphos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aris 16 10 3 3 19 11 9 5 2 2 9 6 7 5 1 1 10 5 8 33
2 AEK Larnaca 16 9 5 2 27 14 8 5 2 1 11 6 8 4 3 1 16 8 13 32
3 Apollon 16 10 2 4 25 15 8 6 0 2 17 10 8 4 2 2 8 5 10 32
4 Paphos 16 6 7 3 21 15 8 4 4 0 14 4 8 2 3 3 7 11 6 25
5 Anorthosis 15 8 1 6 23 19 8 5 1 2 13 9 7 3 0 4 10 10 4 25
6 Omonia Nicosia 17 7 3 7 18 17 8 5 2 1 10 4 9 2 1 6 8 13 1 24
7 APOEL 15 6 5 4 21 17 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 2 3 3 9 11 4 23
8 Doxa 16 4 5 7 14 21 7 2 3 2 8 9 9 2 2 5 6 12 -7 17
9 Olympiakos 16 4 4 8 11 18 8 3 2 3 9 10 8 1 2 5 2 8 -7 16
10 AEL 15 4 3 8 16 17 7 3 0 4 9 6 8 1 3 4 7 11 -1 15
11 PAEEK 15 3 4 8 13 24 8 1 3 4 5 11 7 2 1 4 8 13 -11 13
12 Ethnikos Achna 17 2 2 13 11 31 9 1 1 7 4 17 8 1 1 6 7 14 -20 8