Struggling Paphos will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Apollon in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Paphos and Apollon 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 are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Paphos form and stats
Paphos have played 8 1. Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Paphos in their previous game, a 1. Division match away at Ethnikos Achna (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Paphos lost 1-2 at Nea Salamis's place.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Paphos here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). 10 goals have been conceded.
Apollon form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Apollon, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus AEL (placed 6th). Prior to that result Apollon won their away game at APOEL in the Cyprus Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Apollon - Paphos 3-2. Paphos-Apollon H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Paphos zero wins, Apollon eight wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Gakpé 6 goals |  F. Pereyra 3 goals |  F. Papoulis 3 goals |
Paphos missing players
Apollon missing players
| Paphos | Apollon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 29 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 76% |
| 35% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 53% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 53% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 29% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 24% |
| 4.1 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | 50 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 95 | 213 |
| 57 | 22 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 38 | 95 |
| 23% | 23% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 18% | 27% |
- Apollon have scored more than double the goals of Paphos.
- Apollon is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Paphos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Paphos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Paphos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | APOEL | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Apollon | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | AEL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | Paphos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Enosis | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 14 |
| 12 | Doxa | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -27 | 8 |