National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's PAEEK or Anorthosis that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
PAEEK form and stats
Last season, PAEEK's Cyprus Cup journey ended in the 2nd round against AEK Larnaca.Three 2. Division home games done for PAEEK, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
PAEEK's previous match was also a home event, the loss 1-4 vs Anorthosis (in Cyprus Cup).
Before that game, the home loss against MEAP Nisou with the scoreline 0-1.The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Anorthosis to win. Let's see if PAEEK are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 8 games found revealing 1 PAEEK win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
PAEEK have scored {1 goals} here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic.
Anorthosis form and stats
Anorthosis was sent out of Cyprus Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Omonia Nicosia turned out to be too strong.2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Anorthosis playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.
Two trips in a row for Anorthosis, whose boss Llompart could celebrate last time after the Cyprus Cup win against PAEEK.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Doxa in the 1. Division.Anorthosis are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Anorthosis have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head game ended PAEEK - Anorthosis 1-4, played this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - zero - four (PAEEK wins - draws - Anorthosis wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ninga 3 goals |  H. Hambardzumyan 1 goals |  A. Chrysostomou 1 goals |
PAEEK missing players
Anorthosis missing players
| PAEEK | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 50 | 32 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 20% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | MEAP Nisou | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Omonia Aradippou | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Ayia Napa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Ethnikos Achna | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Omonia 29is Maiou | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Othellos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Ermis | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | AE Zakakiou | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Ahironas / Onisilos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Anagennisi Deryneia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Peyia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | PAEEK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Digenis Ypsonas | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Xylotympou | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Olympiada Lympion | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Alki Oroklini | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paphos | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 2 | Aris | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | APOEL | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Apollon | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | AEL | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Anorthosis | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Omonia Nicosia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Enosis | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Doxa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| 14 | Akritas | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 4 |
