The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. AEK Larnaca are in the 6th position while the guests worry at 9th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
AEK Larnaca form and stats
The story so far in the 1. Division for AEK Larnaca at their home stadium (Stadio Grigori Afxentiou) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. AEK Larnaca has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.
AEK Larnaca lost their last game at Apollon (placed 3rd) after a 1-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Anorthosis (1-2).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AEK Larnaca home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and AEK Larnaca are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the AEK Larnaca defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Paphos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Paphos so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Paphos seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Paphos's previous game versus Nea Salamis (placed 7th), a 1. Division 1-0 win played at home. A loss against Doxa was the result prior to that, in a home game.
You'll want to know how Paphos managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paphos as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. For Paphos, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Paphos - AEK Larnaca 0-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AEK Larnaca 7 wins, 1 draw and Paphos 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Nemec 16 goals |   I. Trichkovski 15 goals |  B. Angulo 8 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
Paphos missing players
| AEK Larnaca | Paphos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 14 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 33% |
| 42% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 17% | 33% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 113 | 80 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 49 | 94 |
| 51 | 34 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 22 | 43 |
| 39% | 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 23% | 23% |
- AEK Larnaca has the most scored goals in the second half (13)
- AEK Larnaca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paphos have scored away.
- AEK Larnaca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- All of Paphos's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Paphos has the most conceded goals in the second half (14)
- Paphos have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Paphos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Paphos have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Paphos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paphos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Paphos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Apollon | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | APOEL | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | AEL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | AEK Larnaca | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Paphos | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 11 |
| 11 | Enosis | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 12 | Doxa | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -16 | 6 |