Soccer match preview: Apollon confident before travelling to Akritas

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Stelios Kyriakides (10000 seats)

Akritas believe to have lots of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been rough up to now with 12 points and a 14th spot in the 1. Division table. Opponents Apollon have 7th place with 35 pts.

Insights:
  • Akritas have the most conceded goals (40) in 1. Division
  • Apollon have scored more than double the goals of Akritas.

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an energetic game!

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Akritas form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 1. Division this season. Akritas have only managed 3 wins, 0 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Akritas, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Akritas drew their last game, 1-1 away at AEK Larnaca (placed 1st).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AEL (1-2).

Akritas have scored {7 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Akritas defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Apollon form and stats

Playing away, Apollon have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the 1. Division this season. Apollon has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Apollon have lots to prove after their unexpected loss (3-4) to Karmiotissa in their previous game, played at home. A huge disappointment for Apollon in their last match (vs Karmiotissa). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 3-4 defeat. Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Pittas and that is impressive stuff!

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting APOEL's place.

Goals galore? This side have played 5 consecutive league matches all featuring three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Apollon have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the contenders faced each other previously this campaign; Apollon - Akritas 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
9 goals
AkritasR. Ramires de Oliveira Albertino
R. Ramires de Oliveira Albertino
3 goals
ApollonV. Roberge
V. Roberge
3 goals

Akritas missing players

Apollon missing players

Akritas Apollon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 22
3 3 2 Won W 2 3 10
3 0 0 Drew D 2 4 5
17 8 2 Lost L 0 4 7
13 7 3 Scored S 4 10 27
40 20 5 Conceded C 2 14 25
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 68%
43% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 36%
9% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 18%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
39% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 45%
13% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 36%
52% 45% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 18%
 
4 4.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.8 6.6 5.8
6.4 4.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.5 3.3
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.2 9.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17 13 12.1
3.3 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.4 5.2
17% 19% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 23%
 
12.8 10.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.6 8.1
5.8 4.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.6
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Akritas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Akritas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Akritas have the fewest clean sheets (3) in 1. Division
  • Akritas have the most conceded goals (20) at home in 1. Division
  • Akritas have the most conceded goals (40) in 1. Division
  • Akritas have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in 1. Division
  • Akritas have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in 1. Division
  • Akritas have the the worst goal difference (-27) in 1. Division
  • Akritas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Apollon have scored more than double the goals of Akritas.
  • Apollon 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 AEK Larnaca 23 17 3 3 41 16 12 10 2 0 25 8 11 7 1 3 16 8 25 54
2 APOEL 23 16 4 3 34 12 11 7 3 1 15 3 12 9 1 2 19 9 22 52
3 Paphos 23 14 6 3 45 16 12 8 2 2 26 10 11 6 4 1 19 6 29 48
4 Aris 23 13 7 3 40 19 11 5 4 2 20 12 12 8 3 1 20 7 21 46
5 Nea Salamis 23 12 1 10 25 26 12 6 1 5 14 15 11 6 0 5 11 11 -1 37
6 Omonia Nicosia 23 11 2 10 34 25 12 9 1 2 24 5 11 2 1 8 10 20 9 35
7 Apollon 22 10 5 7 27 25 11 7 1 3 17 11 11 3 4 4 10 14 2 35
8 AEL 22 9 4 9 18 16 11 6 1 4 11 8 11 3 3 5 7 8 2 31
9 Anorthosis 23 8 5 10 19 26 11 4 3 4 12 12 12 4 2 6 7 14 -7 29
10 Karmiotissa 23 7 5 11 21 34 11 3 2 6 9 14 12 4 3 5 12 20 -13 26
11 Enosis 23 5 2 16 15 34 12 2 2 8 7 16 11 3 0 8 8 18 -19 17
12 Doxa 22 3 4 15 12 32 11 1 2 8 3 14 11 2 2 7 9 18 -20 13
13 Olympiakos 22 2 7 13 13 36 11 1 5 5 6 13 11 1 2 8 7 23 -23 13
14 Akritas 23 3 3 17 13 40 11 3 0 8 7 20 12 0 3 9 6 20 -27 12