Match preview 1. Division: Paphos - Apollon at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Stelios Kyriakides (10000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Paphos have their presumed home advantage while Apollon are ahead 12 points in the 1. Division table.

Insights:
  • Paphos has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in 1. Division
  • Apollon has the most scored goals (32) in 1. Division

The visiting Apollon played their last game only three days ago, a 1. Division match.

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Paphos form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides as Paphos have scored 11 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Ethnikos Achna game Paphos has been unbeatable here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides producing four straight wins.

No payout for Paphos in their previous match, an away game at Anorthosis that ended in defeat 0-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Omonia Nicosia.

A decent goal production from Paphos in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Paphos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Apollon form and stats

Apollon, who have the most scored goals (32) in 1. Division, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 19 points collected from 7 1. Division games. 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Apollon have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Apollon have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Demetris Demetriou. It's been 200 minutes since they last conceded in 1. Division.

Apollon are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the 1. Division against Ermis (placed 10th). Prior to that result Apollon won their away game at Doxa. The scoreline was 1-0.

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

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 19 goals in 7 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Paphos and Apollon have met before this season: Apollon - Paphos 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paphos one win, one draw and Apollon eight victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ApollonN. Diguiny
N. Diguiny
7 goals
ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
6 goals
PaphosO. Valakari
O. Valakari
5 goals

Paphos missing players

Apollon missing players

Paphos Apollon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
5 4 1 Won W 2 6 10
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
5 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
15 11 1 Scored S 3 19 32
12 5 1 Conceded C 1 4 10
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
47% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 79%
33% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 64%
13% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 14%
33% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 57%
47% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 43% 43%
33% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 9.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13 12.8
3.1 3.9 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 6.4 6.1
32% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 42% 38%
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Apollon has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in 1. Division
  • Apollon has the most points (19) away in 1. Division
  • Apollon has the most scored goals (19) away in 1. Division
  • Apollon has the most scored goals (32) in 1. Division
  • Apollon has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in 1. Division
  • Apollon has the the best goal difference (+15) away in 1. Division
  • Apollon has the the best goal difference (+22) in 1. Division
  • Apollon have not yet lost a game away.
  • Apollon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Apollon have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Apollon have scored more than double the goals of Paphos.
  • Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paphos has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in 1. Division
  • Paphos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paphos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Apollon 14 10 2 2 32 10 7 4 1 2 13 6 7 6 1 0 19 4 22 32
2 Anorthosis 15 9 3 3 24 13 8 6 1 1 15 7 7 3 2 2 9 6 11 30
3 AEL 14 9 1 4 25 15 6 6 0 0 17 4 8 3 1 4 8 11 10 28
4 AEK Larnaca 14 8 2 4 22 9 7 5 1 1 13 3 7 3 1 3 9 6 13 26
5 Omonia Nicosia 14 7 5 2 22 10 7 4 3 0 8 2 7 3 2 2 14 8 12 26
6 Olympiakos 13 7 1 5 15 16 7 3 1 3 8 8 6 4 0 2 7 8 -1 22
7 Paphos 15 5 5 5 15 12 7 4 2 1 11 5 8 1 3 4 4 7 3 20
8 Doxa 15 5 5 5 14 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 2 3 3 4 8 -2 20
9 APOEL 13 4 4 5 11 13 7 2 2 3 6 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 -2 16
10 Ermis 15 3 6 6 9 21 7 0 4 3 3 12 8 3 2 3 6 9 -12 15
11 Nea Salamis 15 3 3 9 10 22 8 2 2 4 8 13 7 1 1 5 2 9 -12 12
12 Karmiotissa 14 2 5 7 15 26 7 1 3 3 5 10 7 1 2 4 10 16 -11 11
13 Ethnikos Achna 15 1 5 9 10 25 8 1 1 6 4 12 7 0 4 3 6 13 -15 8
14 Enosis 14 1 5 8 9 25 7 1 3 3 4 10 7 0 2 5 5 15 -16 8