It's still early in the 1. Division season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Apollon - Ethnikos Achna preview!
Apollon and Ethnikos Achna should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Apollon form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Apollon's two home games in the 1. Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro.
The Apollon crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-5 to Lech Poznan here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro in a Europa League match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Anorthosis and winning 3-1.
Apollon were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Apollon's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Ethnikos Achna form and stats
The 1. Division season is young and Ethnikos Achna have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Paphos (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The 1. Division match ended in a draw 2-2. A 0-2 loss hosting Ermis before that.
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 Ethnikos as the away team, we found five results. Statistics from these were one away win, zero draws and four defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.
3 goals so far away for Ethnikos Achna, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Apollon six wins, one draw and Ethnikos Achna three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Benschop 2 goals |  B. Dabo 2 goals | I. Pittas 1 goals |
Apollon missing players
Ethnikos Achna missing players
| Apollon | Ethnikos Achna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | 25 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 25 | 45 |
| 25 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 44% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 26% |
- Apollon has the fewest conceded goals (2) in 1. Division
- Apollon has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in 1. Division
- Apollon has the most scored goals (11) in 1. Division
- Apollon has the most scored goals in the first half (5) in 1. Division
- Apollon has the most scored goals in the second half (6) in 1. Division
- Apollon has the the best goal difference (+9) in 1. Division
| Apollon | Last season | Ethnikos Achna | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 31 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 78% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 61% | ||
| 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 43% | ||
| 26% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 30% | ||
| 61% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 61% | ||
| 22% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | ||
| 22% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 292 | 169 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 208 | ||
| 128 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 91 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | AEL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Olympiakos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Doxa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Anorthosis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | APOEL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Nea Salamis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Ermis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 13 | Paphos | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Enosis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 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 |