Season ticket holders at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Paphos languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Olympiakos will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Paphos and Olympiakos 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.
Paphos form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Paphos have to build on here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides in the 1. Division.
Stress levels are on the rise for Paphos's attacking players as they have now played 302 minutes without scoring in a league game. P. Arajuuri was their last goal scorer.
Paphos's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Nea Salamis (placed 6th). 0-0 away at Omonia Nicosia before that.
This is expected to be a close game, with Paphos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Paphos as a small favourite), we find five games. Paphos has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paphos as they are travelling to their away game against Nea Salamis in the Cyprus Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Paphos aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Paphos's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympiakos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Olympiakos so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Olympiakos delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Anorthosis (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Cyprus Cup game. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Apollon.
Olympiakos has another fixture away, a Cyprus Cup game, against Anorthosis in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Olympiakos has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. For Olympiakos, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Olympiakos - Paphos 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 4 - 2 (Paphos wins - draws - Olympiakos wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ayité 6 goals |  P. Zachariou 5 goals |  D. Duventru-Huret 4 goals |
Paphos missing players
Olympiakos missing players
| Paphos | Olympiakos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 26 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 73% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 62% | 44% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 38% | 19% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 13% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 4.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | 50 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 83 | 125 |
| 52 | 22 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 38 | 60 |
| 19% | 23% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 32% | 35% |
- Olympiakos has the most conceded goals in the second half (18)
- Olympiakos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympiakos have scored more than double the goals of Paphos.
- Paphos has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- Paphos has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Paphos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Paphos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Apollon | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | APOEL | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 28 |
| 5 | AEL | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 7 | AEK Larnaca | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 14 |
| 10 | Paphos | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | Enosis | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 12 | Doxa | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -21 | 8 |