Soccer match preview: Paphos confident before travelling to Enosis

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Fri 13.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Tasos Markou (5800 seats)

Enosis ended up with a 0-2 scoreline versus Nea Salamis last week, a match to learn from. The next job is this firm Paphos team.

Insights:
  • Enosis have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in 1. Division
  • Paphos have the most scored goals (38) in 1. Division

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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Enosis form and stats

Enosis's results here at Stadio Tasos Markou in the 1. Division have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stadio Tasos Markou, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Karmiotissa game.

Diawara was the last player to score a league goal for Enosis and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Enosis haven't scored in 216 minutes.

Enosis faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nea Salamis (0-2).

Ahead of that match, Enosis lost 0-3 at home to Omonia Nicosia.

It should be noted that a peek at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Enosis here at Stadio Tasos Markou in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Enosis's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paphos form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the 1. Division.

Paphos's last game was the home draw against Apollon (2-2).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against AEK Larnaca wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

After this away game Paphos return home for a Cyprus Cup game against Akritas. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Paphos's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Paphos - Enosis 3-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Enosis wins - draws - Paphos wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PaphosJ. de Macedo da Silva
J. de Macedo da Silva
13 goals
PaphosO. Valakari
O. Valakari
5 goals
PaphosW. Semedo Johnson
W. Semedo Johnson
4 goals

Enosis missing players

Paphos missing players

Enosis Paphos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 3 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 3 5 11
2 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
12 5 1 Lost L 0 1 2
12 6 0 Scored S 8 17 38
27 11 2 Conceded C 0 6 13
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 78%
44% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 56%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
28% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 44%
22% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 50%
56% 56% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 6%
 
3.9 4.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.2 5.5
4.8 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 3.8
2.5 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.8 8.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 10.1 12.1
3.2 3.1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.3 5.2 5.8
20% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 36% 37%
 
10.5 8.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 9.6 8.4
4.8 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 3.2 2.9
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Enosis have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Enosis have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in 1. Division
  • Enosis have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Paphos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paphos have scored more than double the goals of Enosis.
  • Paphos have the most scored goals (17) away in 1. Division
  • Paphos have the most scored goals (38) in 1. Division
  • Paphos have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in 1. Division
  • Paphos have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in 1. Division
  • Paphos have the the best goal difference (+25) in 1. Division
  • Paphos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 AEK Larnaca 18 13 2 3 29 10 9 8 1 0 18 3 9 5 1 3 11 7 19 41
2 APOEL 18 12 4 2 24 7 9 5 3 1 10 2 9 7 1 1 14 5 17 40
3 Paphos 18 11 5 2 38 13 9 6 2 1 21 7 9 5 3 1 17 6 25 38
4 Aris 17 9 6 2 29 12 8 3 3 2 15 10 9 6 3 0 14 2 17 33
5 Omonia Nicosia 18 10 1 7 30 17 9 8 0 1 22 3 9 2 1 6 8 14 13 31
6 Apollon 17 8 5 4 17 14 8 5 1 2 9 6 9 3 4 2 8 8 3 29
7 AEL 17 7 4 6 14 11 9 4 1 4 7 7 8 3 3 2 7 4 3 25
8 Nea Salamis 18 8 1 9 18 23 9 4 1 4 10 13 9 4 0 5 8 10 -5 25
9 Anorthosis 18 5 4 9 13 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 3 1 5 6 11 -9 19
10 Karmiotissa 17 5 4 8 13 24 9 3 2 4 7 9 8 2 2 4 6 15 -11 19
11 Enosis 18 4 2 12 12 27 9 2 2 5 6 11 9 2 0 7 6 16 -15 14
12 Doxa 18 3 3 12 10 26 9 1 1 7 3 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -16 12
13 Akritas 17 3 1 13 11 32 9 3 0 6 7 17 8 0 1 7 4 15 -21 10
14 Olympiakos 17 1 6 10 10 30 8 1 4 3 5 9 9 0 2 7 5 21 -20 9