A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Ethnikos Achna and Apollon know what's at stake in this second leg of the Cyprus Cup Quarter-finals clash.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ethnikos Achna form and stats
Ethnikos Achna participated in Cyprus Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The story so far in the 1. Division for Ethnikos Achna at their home stadium (Leventeio Stadio Ethnikou Defteras) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. This match is a Cyprus Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
The Ethnikos Achna supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Anorthosis in 1. Division and win 5-0. Heartbreak before that as Ethnikos Achna lost 0-2 at Apollon's place.
As mentioned above, Ethnikos Achna "killed" Anorthosis in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Ethnikos Achna are traveling soon after this match as the 1. Division match at AEL awaits in two days.
The Ethnikos Achna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Apollon form and stats
Apollon was sent out of Cyprus Cup in the semi-finals last season, when AEL turned out to be too strong.Apollon have only collected 10 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 3-1-6 (10 played). When we have look at the Cyprus Cup statistics, we find 4W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Avgousti, the Apollon manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Apollon's previous game versus Doxa, a 1. Division 3-2 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Ethnikos Achna.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Apollon manager S. Avgousti as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Nea Salamis.
Apollon find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Apollon have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ethnikos Achna and Apollon have met before this season: Apollon - Ethnikos Achna 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Ethnikos Achna, one draw and seven wins for Apollon. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Gakpé 6 goals |   I. Markovski 5 goals |  F. Papoulis 5 goals |
Ethnikos Achna missing players
Apollon missing players
| Ethnikos Achna | Apollon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 45 | ||
| 43 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 270 | 147 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 329 | ||
| 130 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 144 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 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 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | APOEL | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Apollon | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | AEL | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Paphos | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Enosis | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 19 |
| 12 | Doxa | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -28 | 11 |