Football preview: Home fans have high hopes when Apollon welcome Doxa

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Thu 15.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro (13331 seats)

Boasting a 8 point edge in the league standings, Apollon regulars wish to see their gladiators win max points from this game versus Doxa.

Insights:
  • Apollon have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Division
  • Doxa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in 1. Division

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Apollon form and stats

Apollon have played 6 1. Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Apollon against Enosis the last match, as Diguiny were on target.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AEK Larnaca (0-1).

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 Apollon home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 9 have produced two goals or less.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Apollon at home in the league. 6 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 6 matches.

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Doxa form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Doxa playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.

The manager Chéu was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Makareio Stadio. Doxa suffered a 0-1 loss to AEK Larnaca (placed 3rd).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Akritas.

You'll want to know how Doxa managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 6 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 3 draws and 3 home wins.

10 goals have been conceded by Doxa in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest games featuring these opponents have all ended as Apollon wins. Another one?

The fixture history shows this score when the participants met previously this season; Doxa - Apollon 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
4 goals
ApollonV. Roberge
V. Roberge
3 goals
DoxaB. Sadik
B. Sadik
3 goals

Apollon missing players

Doxa missing players

Apollon Doxa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
6 3 2 Won W 1 2 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
3 2 0 Lost L 2 3 9
12 6 3 Scored S 2 7 10
10 6 0 Conceded C 5 10 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
54% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 64%
15% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 36%
38% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 14%
23% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 57%
 
6.2 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.1 3.1
3.7 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 6.4 6.5
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 9.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.1 8.8
4.6 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 5.3 4.1
20% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 19% 18%
 
7.6 7.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 13.9 13.4
3.3 4.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.3 5.4
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Apollon have created more than twice as many corners as Doxa.
  • Apollon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Apollon have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Division
  • Apollon have the most matches under the total-line (11) in 1. Division
  • Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Doxa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Doxa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Doxa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) 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 14 10 3 1 21 5 7 3 3 1 8 2 7 7 0 0 13 3 16 30
2 Paphos 14 9 4 1 30 8 7 5 1 1 14 3 7 4 3 0 16 5 22 31
3 AEK Larnaca 14 10 1 3 24 9 7 6 1 0 15 2 7 4 0 3 9 7 15 28
4 Aris 14 9 3 2 28 11 7 3 2 2 14 9 7 6 1 0 14 2 17 29
5 Omonia Nicosia 14 7 1 6 22 15 7 6 0 1 18 3 7 1 1 5 4 12 7 19
6 Apollon 13 6 4 3 12 10 6 3 1 2 6 6 7 3 3 1 6 4 2 19
7 Anorthosis 14 5 3 6 13 17 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 3 1 3 6 9 -4 17
8 Nea Salamis 13 5 1 7 12 17 6 2 1 3 6 10 7 3 0 4 6 7 -5 16
9 AEL 13 4 3 6 10 11 7 2 1 4 4 7 6 2 2 2 6 4 -1 14
10 Karmiotissa 13 4 3 6 9 21 7 3 1 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 2 13 -12 15
11 Doxa 14 3 2 9 10 20 7 1 0 6 3 10 7 2 2 3 7 10 -10 11
12 Enosis 14 3 2 9 9 21 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 1 0 6 3 14 -12 11
13 Olympiakos 14 1 5 8 10 27 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 0 2 5 5 18 -17 7
14 Akritas 14 2 1 11 7 25 7 2 0 5 5 15 7 0 1 6 2 10 -18 7