Apollon get ready to welcome Ethnikos Achna for something different than the ordinary league football: The Cyprus Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 1. Division match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at APOEL.
Apollon form and stats
Last season their Cyprus Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against AEL.Apollon are steadily winning 1. Division games and points here at Tsirion Athlítiko Kentro. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. This match is a Cyprus Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. It's trouble wherever Apollon are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The fans are hoping that Apollon will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the 1. Division game against APOEL. Heartbreak before that as Apollon lost 2-3 at Paphos's place.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Apollon as they have a new game in only three days, a 1. Division match thankfully also at home. Doxa are visiting.
The Apollon manager S. Avgousti has got the team scoring with 22 from 10 home games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded.
Ethnikos Achna form and stats
Ethnikos Achna was sent out of Cyprus Cup in the 2nd round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ethnikos Achna so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Total Cyprus Cup statistics for Ethnikos Achna: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Ethnikos Achna failed to get anything from their last game, a 1. Division home match vs Olympiakos that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game was the away 1. Division victory against Omonia Nicosia with the score of 2-1.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Ethnikos Achna as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were one away win, zero draws and three defeats. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.
After this away game Ethnikos Achna return home for a 1. Division game against Anorthosis. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Ethnikos Achna are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Ethnikos Achna's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 25 goals in 10 travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Apollon seven wins, one draw and Ethnikos Achna two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Gakpé 6 goals |  F. Papoulis 4 goals |   J. Kostovski 4 goals |
Apollon missing players
Ethnikos Achna missing players
| Apollon | Ethnikos Achna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 27 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 319 | 194 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 268 | ||
| 133 | 81 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 126 | ||
| 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | APOEL | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Apollon | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | AEL | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 7 | Paphos | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 24 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 10 | Enosis | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -17 | 17 |
| 12 | Doxa | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -27 | 11 |