A highly important match in 1. Division as both sides are fighting for the top league positions. With APOEL in 1st place and Paphos at 4th, this has all the looks of a thriling fight. Read on to learn more!
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. Division
- Paphos have the most scored goals (48) in 1. Division
Both sides have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic fixture!
APOEL form and stats
APOEL have performed here at Neo GSP this season with 8 wins from 13 1. Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since APOEL tasted defeat here at Neo GSP, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
The APOEL manager Milojević and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Omonia Nicosia (after extra-time).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Nea Salamis (after extra-time).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does APOEL handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
APOEL are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Defensively APOEL have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Paphos form and stats
The visitors are W6-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the 1. Division. With three draws in a row for Paphos the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Paphos's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Aris (after extra-time) that finished 2-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Olympiakos (after extra-time).We have checked recent matches where Paphos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Paphos has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Paphos as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier this season: Paphos - APOEL 1-2. The ref brandished his red card when these teams last played each other, and the sinner was Kane (Paphos). Last ten meetings with these teams: APOEL won three, Paphos triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. de Macedo da Silva 17 goals |   M. Sousa Natividade 7 goals | O. Valakari 7 goals |
APOEL missing players
Paphos missing players
| APOEL | Paphos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 41 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 21 | 50 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 93% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 67% | 54% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 77% | 78% |
| 33% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 52% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 23% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 41% | 23% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 52% |
| 52% | 69% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 46% | 44% |
| 15% | 23% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 15% | 7% |
| 5.6 | 6.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 11.3 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.8 | 11.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 34% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 33% |
| 6.7 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3 | 3.1 |
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. Division
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in 1. Division
- APOEL have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in 1. Division
- APOEL have the most clean sheets (14) in 1. Division
- APOEL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Paphos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Paphos have the most scored goals (48) in 1. Division
- Paphos have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in 1. Division
- Paphos have the the best goal difference (+28) in 1. Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | APOEL | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 59 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 25 | 57 |
| 3 | Aris | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 53 |
| 4 | Paphos | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 50 |
| 5 | Apollon | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 38 |
| 8 | AEL | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Anorthosis | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 33 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -15 | 27 |
| 11 | Enosis | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | Doxa | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -18 | 21 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -24 | 16 |
| 14 | Akritas | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -35 | 12 |
