APOEL welcome Paphos for another interesting 1. Division fixture here at Neo GSP.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
APOEL form and stats
Only two 1. Division home games for APOEL so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joao Miguel Macedo Silva not having conceded a league goal in 288 minutes.
The home team returns to Neo GSP after being equal after 90 minutes with Ermis (placed 9th) on their last time out; the 1. Division game ended 0-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Slovan Liberec in the Europa League.
APOEL has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Paphos form and stats
No 1. Division points yet away for Paphos, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Paphos are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
B. Angulo scored in Paphos's previous match, the home game against Nea Salamis that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, the Paphos manager J. Toshack faced defeat when travelling to Olympiakos and losing 1-2.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Paphos as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and zero defeats. The outsiders lost zero of these games by at least two goals.
1 goal so far away for Paphos, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
APOEL-Paphos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: APOEL seven wins, Paphos two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Zahid 2 goals |  R. Santos de Sousa 1 goals |  B. Sahar 1 goals |
APOEL missing players
Paphos missing players
| APOEL | Paphos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | 22 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 29% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 38% |
- APOEL have not yet lost a game at home.
- Paphos has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 1. Division
- Paphos have lost all their away matches so far.
- 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 | Apollon | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Anorthosis | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | AEL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Olympiakos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Doxa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | APOEL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Ermis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -6 | 7 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Paphos | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Nea Salamis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 14 | Enosis | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 3 |