Ethnikos Achna get ready to welcome Doxa for something different than the ordinary league football: The Cyprus Cup 2nd Round leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Ethnikos Achna nor Doxa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ethnikos Achna form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Cyprus Cup for Ethnikos Achna, as the manager Badia led his troops to eliminate Ahironas, and reach the 2nd Round. Ethnikos participated in Cyprus Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Olympiakos.Ethnikos Achna's results here at Stadio Dasaki Achnas in the 1. Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Stress levels are on the rise for Ethnikos Achna's attacking players as they have now played 223 minutes without scoring in a league game. Duris was their last goal scorer.
The regulars are hoping that Ethnikos Achna will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against AEL.
Ahead of that match, Ethnikos lost 0-3 at home to APOEL.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AEK Larnaca are coming to town in three days.
Ethnikos Achna has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ethnikos Achna defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Doxa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Akritas in order to reach 2nd round of Cyprus Cup. They also participated in Cyprus Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Doxa so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Doxa have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 249 minutes ago. Sadik was the goal scorer.
Doxa's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Olympiakos that finished 0-0.
Prior to that match, the Doxa manager Charalambous faced defeat when travelling to Aris and losing 0-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Doxa manager Charalambous as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against APOEL.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Doxa's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 9 matches. The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 12 goals have been conceded by Doxa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ethnikos Achna-Doxa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ethnikos Achna three wins, Doxa four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Sadik 9 goals |   Z. Folprecht 3 goals | F. Taulemesse 3 goals |
Ethnikos Achna missing players
Doxa missing players
| Ethnikos Achna | Doxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 24% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| 10.8 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Aris | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Anorthosis | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Paphos | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | APOEL | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | AEL | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Doxa | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Olympiakos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -21 | 8 |
