It's game two of the 1. Division season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Paphos-Anorthosis!
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.
Paphos form and stats
A 1. Division draw at home so far for Paphos. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 0 matches.
Paphos drew their last game, also a home match. Omonia Nicosia (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Doxa (0-2).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Paphos at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Paphos's league statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the 1. Division. Over these 22 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Paphos managed 5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 12 conceded.
Anorthosis form and stats
Anorthosis won their last game, 3-1 versus Ermis played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs AEK Larnaca.
Let's have a look at how Anorthosis performed last season in the 1. Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 16/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paphos one win, five draws and Anorthosis four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Puncheon 1 goals |  K. Bérigaud 1 goals |   G. Galitsios 1 goals |
Paphos missing players
Anorthosis missing players
| Paphos | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Paphos | Last season | Anorthosis | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 16 | 45 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 87% | ||
| 83% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 78% | ||
| 35% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 65% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 17% | ||
| 39% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 39% | ||
| 26% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 39% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 26% | ||
| 3.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 179 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 239 | ||
| 86 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 114 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | AEL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | APOEL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Karmiotissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Paphos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Doxa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Ermis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | Paphos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 30 |
| 2 | Nea Salamis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Olympiakos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Enosis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Ethnikos Achna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Doxa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |