Anorthosis Famagusta will arrive at Stelios Kyriakides Stadium on Sunday for the First Division game with home side Pafos.
View all of the Pafos v Anorthosis Famagusta predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Pafos
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Pafos will be hoping to bounce back here after a 0-2 First Division losing effort in their last game against APOEL.
Giorgi Kvilitaia (61') and Marquinhos (69') scored for APOEL.
Itโs been a rare occasion in recent games that Pafos havenโt conceded. The reality is that Pafos have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals on the way.
Pre-game facts show that Pafos:
- are undefeated by Anorthosis Famagusta when playing them at home in the last 4 matches in the league.
- have not been beaten in the league by Anorthosis Famagusta in their previous 3 games.
Anorthosis Famagusta
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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Omonia Nicosia in First Division competition, Anorthosis Famagusta will be aiming to make amends here.
Willy Semedo (87') scored for Omonia Nicosia.
Looking at their form, and Anorthosis Famagusta have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. Defensively, Anorthosis Famagusta can certainly do much better. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head to head meetings going back to 09/05/2022 tells us that Pafos have won 3 of these games and Anorthosis Famagusta 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.
A combined total of 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 from Pafos and 7 created by Megali Kyria. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
The last league match featuring the two was First Division match day 3 on 10/03/2024 which ended up with the score at Anorthosis Famagusta 2-3 Pafos.
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Team News: Pafos
Thereโs just the sole fitness concern for the Pafos boss to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Matheus Davรณ (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.
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Team News: Anorthosis Famagusta
Anorthosis Famagusta has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Salva Ferrer (Lymphatic cancer) and Fran Garcรญa (Cruciate ligament surgery) are not able to play.
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Prediction
We feel that Pafos will probably score a couple of goals when they face Anorthosis Famagusta, who may well find it hard finding the net themselves.
Weโre predicting a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Pafos when allโs said and done.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
11:10 20/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Pafos
Formed: 2014
Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium (9,394)
Chairman: Sergey Lomakin
Competitions: First Division position 5