The league table is allowed to rest as Paphos and Anorthosis battle for Cyprus Cup honors in this first 2nd Round leg of two fixtures.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Paphos and Anorthosis.
Paphos form and stats
Paphos have not come this way in the Cyprus Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Omonia 29is Maiou. Paphos participated in Cyprus Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Stelios Kyriakides as Paphos have scored 14 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 4-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Paphos, who won 2-1 against Olympiakos.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Omonia Nicosia that ended 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Paphos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Paphos as they have a new game in only three days, a 1. Division match thankfully also at home. Apollon are visiting.
A decent goal production from Paphos in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Paphos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Anorthosis form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Anorthosis, as they won the Cyprus Cup.3 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Anorthosis playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.
Anorthosis had fun at their own home (Stadio Stelios Kyriakides) last time out, beating AEL 2-1. Arajuuri (2) scored.
Preceding that game was the away 1. Division victory against PAEEK with the score of 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Anorthosis in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Anorthosis, three draws and one defeat.
Anorthosis have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Anorthosis have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Paphos victory, three draws and six Anorthosis wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Valakari 8 goals |  A. Warda 7 goals |
Paphos missing players
Anorthosis missing players
| Paphos | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 27% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 31% | ||
| 8.5 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aris | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Apollon | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Paphos | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Anorthosis | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | APOEL | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Doxa | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | AEL | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -20 | 8 |
