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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Mon 09.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

Doxa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 12th position in the 1. Division table. Visiting Paphos holds 7th place with 30 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Doxa have had a bad season and will be relegated from 1. Division. For Paphos it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Doxa form and stats

Doxa's struggle is real here with only 3 points collected from 11 1. Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-8. With eleven home 1. Division games in a row without a win, the Doxa fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Omonia Nicosia game long ago, can be stopped today. Doxa has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager C. Sakkas and the players.

The Doxa fans got no joy from their last match, a 1. Division game also here: A 0-4 defeat against Paphos. Heartbreak before that as Doxa lost 2-3 at Apollon's place.

Doxa were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Doxa have scored 6 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Doxa having conceded 29 goals here so far.

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Paphos form and stats

3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Paphos in their 1. Division matches away.

The Paphos goalkeeper Artur Rudko is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 250 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's the second away game in a row for Paphos, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Doxa in the 1. Division last time out. Before that, Paphos secured a home win against APOEL with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, Paphos was the only team on the pitch versus Doxa in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

The visiting Paphos have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. Paphos have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Doxa - Paphos 0-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Doxa two wins, two draws and Paphos six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paphos
O. Valakari
5 goals
DoxaV. Papafotis
V. Papafotis
3 goals
PaphosK. Bérigaud
K. Bérigaud
3 goals

Doxa missing players

Paphos missing players

Doxa Paphos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
2 0 0 Won W 1 3 8
5 3 2 Drew D 2 3 6
15 8 1 Lost L 0 5 8
13 6 2 Scored S 5 13 26
45 29 3 Conceded C 2 14 26
95% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
68% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
41% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 36%
27% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 14%
14% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
36% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 41%
14% 9% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 27%
55% 64% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 36%
 
3.5 3.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.6 3.9
4.8 4.9 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.5 5.3
2 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
205 103 15 Total Shots T S 28 94 172
83 41 6 Shots on Target S O 13 49 84
14% 15% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 27% 30%
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Doxa has the fewest clean sheets (3)
  • Doxa has the fewest points (3) at home
  • Doxa has the fewest scored goals (13)
  • Doxa has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
  • Doxa has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
  • Doxa has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
  • Doxa has the most conceded goals (29) at home
  • Doxa has the most conceded goals (45)
  • Doxa has the most conceded goals in the first half (23)
  • Doxa has the most matches under the total-line (15)
  • Doxa has the the worst goal difference (-23) at home
  • Doxa has the the worst goal difference (-32)
  • Doxa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Doxa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Doxa have yet to win a game at home.
  • Paphos have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Paphos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paphos have scored at least twice as many goals away as Doxa have scored home.
  • Paphos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Paphos is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 22 13 4 5 42 21 11 9 1 1 26 7 11 4 3 4 16 14 21 43
2 Omonia Nicosia 22 12 7 3 31 13 11 7 3 1 15 5 11 5 4 2 16 8 18 43
3 APOEL 22 11 6 5 35 15 11 8 3 0 24 4 11 3 3 5 11 11 20 39
4 Apollon 22 12 2 8 38 29 11 8 1 2 25 14 11 4 1 6 13 15 9 38
5 AEK Larnaca 22 9 8 5 36 26 11 5 5 1 19 11 11 4 3 4 17 15 10 35
6 AEL 22 8 7 7 27 26 11 6 4 1 16 6 11 2 3 6 11 20 1 31
7 Paphos 22 8 6 8 26 26 11 5 3 3 13 12 11 3 3 5 13 14 0 30
8 Nea Salamis 22 7 4 11 25 36 11 4 2 5 15 21 11 3 2 6 10 15 -11 25
9 Olympiakos 22 5 9 8 27 34 11 3 5 3 13 13 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 24
10 Enosis 22 5 7 10 28 42 11 3 2 6 15 19 11 2 5 4 13 23 -14 22
11 Ethnikos Achna 22 5 5 12 29 44 11 3 3 5 14 15 11 2 2 7 15 29 -15 20
12 Doxa 22 2 5 15 13 45 11 0 3 8 6 29 11 2 2 7 7 16 -32 11