Ethnikos Achna are welcoming APOEL for another important game after their 1-1 result against 14th-placed Nea Salamis.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ethnikos Achna form and stats
Overall 1. Division stats at home this season for Ethnikos Achna are 1-0-4 (wins-draw-losses). It's been an uphill battle for Ethnikos in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Enosis game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Ethnikos drew their last game, 1-1 away at Nea Salamis (placed 14th). Ahead of that match, Ethnikos lost 0-1 at home to Anorthosis.
The hometeam coach D. Klafuric made a successful contribution in the game against Nea Salamis, bringing on M. Ilia who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Ethnikos Achna had similar winning odds as today, and found three games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost three. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Ethnikos Achna lost three similar games by at least two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ethnikos here at Stadio Dasaki Achnas in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ethnikos defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
APOEL form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of APOEL playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.
APOEL delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Apollon (placed 1st) in their previous match; a 1. Division game. Preceding that game was the away Cyprus Cup victory against PAEEK with the score of 4-0.
As mentioned earlier, APOEL will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in six wins (four by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and zero surprising defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from APOEL's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded by APOEL in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Ethnikos victories, two draws and eight APOEL wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Elia 2 goals |  G. Elysee Zakpa 2 goals | J. Doležal 2 goals |
Ethnikos Achna missing players
APOEL missing players
| Ethnikos Achna | APOEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 11% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | 48 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 33 | 67 |
| 33 | 23 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 24% | 17% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 17% | 21% |
- APOEL has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Division
- APOEL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ethnikos Achna 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 | Apollon | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Anorthosis | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | AEL | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Olympiakos | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Doxa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Paphos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Ermis | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | APOEL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | Enosis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| 14 | Nea Salamis | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |