The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Apollon welcome Doxa for the opening game at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro. Read on!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Apollon form and stats
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 seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Apollon have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Apollon scored 14 goals and let in 4 goals during these six games.
Last season, Apollon's league statistics were 12 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the 1. Division. Over these 22 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Apollon managed 8-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 14 conceded.
Doxa form and stats
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Doxa played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
Just as the home team, Doxa have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 5 Doxa wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Let's have a look at how Doxa performed last season in the 1. Division: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 5 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 7/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Apollon victories, one draw and zero Doxa wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Apollon missing players
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| Apollon | Doxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Apollon | Last season | Doxa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 78% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 70% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 39% | ||
| 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 26% | ||
| 26% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 13% | ||
| 61% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 35% | ||
| 22% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 17% | ||
| 22% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 52% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 292 | 169 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 214 | ||
| 128 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 88 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 16% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Anorthosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | APOEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Apollon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Doxa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Enosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ermis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nea Salamis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Olympiakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Omonia Nicosia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Paphos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| 3 | APOEL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 4 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 35 |
| 6 | AEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 31 |