Pafos host guests Doxa Katokopia at Stelios Kyriakides Stadium in the First Division game on Saturday.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Pafos v Doxa Katokopia are shown below - along with the latest match odds.
📏
Form Guide
Pafos
LDWWWD
Pafos go into this fixture after a 1-1 First Division draw against Aris Limassol.
The only player to score from Pafos was Vlad Dragomir (66'). Leo Bengtsson (60') scored for Aris Limassol.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Pafos haven’t conceded. The facts show that Pafos have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 5 goals along the way.
Doxa Katokopia
LDLLLL 📉
After being defeated in their last game at the hands of AEZ Zakakiou in First Division action, Doxa Katokopia will be aiming to make amends here.
The only scorer from Doxa Katokopia was Ernest Asante (60'). Ioannis Hadjivasilis (19') and Mark Sifneos (37') scored for AEZ Zakakiou.
The stats tell the story, and Doxa Katokopia have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals overall. Defensively, Doxa Katokopia have been far from perfect. However, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend might be replicated in this upcoming match.
↔️
Head to head
A review of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 12/03/2021 shows us that Pafos have won 3 of them & Doxa Katokopia 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.
A sum of 15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 10 of them for Pafos and 5 belonging to Doxa. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league match featuring these sides was First Division match day 20 on 21/01/2023 when it ended Pafos 3-1 Doxa Katokopia.
📰
Team News: Pafos
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Pafos gaffer Stephen Constantine to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Mamadou Kané (Unknown Injury) will miss out.
📰
Team News: Doxa Katokopia
With a fully healthy group available to select from, the Doxa Katokopia manager Marinos Satsias has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.
✨
Prediction
We envisage that Pafos will probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.
At the same time, Doxa Katokopia could well struggle to score themselves but do we see them hitting back at some stage.
We reckon that it will be a 3-1 win for Pafos at the conclusion of the game.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
01:04 19/09/2023
⚽️ Team Focus:
Pafos
Formed: 2014
Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium (9,394)
Chairman: Sergey Lomakin
Manager: Stephen Constantine
Competitions: First Division position 4