Cyprus - First DivisionData current as of September 08, 2026

Apollon vs Ethnikos Achna: match statistics

Apollon crest
Apollon
1 : 0half-time 1:0
Ethnikos Achna crest
Ethnikos Achna
175%(1.44)
X15%(4.20)
210%(5.75)

Apollon is in excellent form, having won all of their last five matches and occupying third place in the table. The hosts boast an impressive home record with 64% wins and 45% clean sheets, averaging 1.64 goals per match. Ethnikos Achna has catastrophic away results – as many as 82% losses, only 9% wins, and a dreadful goal difference (-18). The visitors concede an average of 2.45 goals per away match and fail to score in 45% of their games. Apollon's advantage in ball possession (57% vs 49%), shots on target (4.55 vs 3), and xG metrics (1.65 vs 1.22) further confirms the decisive disparity in strength between the teams.

Apollon vs Ethnikos Achna: form, goals and key statistics

Game details

Apollon played against Ethnikos Achna in First Division (Cyprus). The game was played on February 21, 2026. Final score: 1:0.

Recent form

Apollon has 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses over its last five games, averaging 3.00 points per game. Ethnikos Achna has 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses, with 1.80 points per game.

Scoring records

Apollon scores 1.41 goals per game and allows 0.86. Ethnikos Achna scores 1.09 and allows 1.73. Games in this league average 2.53 goals.

BTTS and goal totals

Both teams score in 32% of Apollon's games and 41% of Ethnikos Achna's. The Over 2.5 rates are 45% and 59%, compared with league averages of 38% for BTTS and 46% for Over 2.5.

xG and shots

Apollon has the higher season xG average, 1.55 to 1.23 per game. Apollon takes 12.7 shots per game, while Ethnikos Achna takes 10.0.

First-half and second-half trends

Apollon leads at halftime in 36% of its games and scores 0.82 goals per game after halftime. Ethnikos Achna leads at halftime in 27% and scores 0.59 after halftime.

When the teams score

Apollon's most productive scoring window is minutes 76-90+ (9 goals). For Ethnikos Achna, it is minutes 31-45+ (6 goals). These are past scoring patterns, not predicted goal times.

League scoring profile

First Division games average 2.53 goals. Both teams score in 38% of games, and 46% finish with at least three goals.

Head-to-head record

Before this game, one previous meeting was available. The record was 1 home win, 0 draws and 0 away wins. Those games averaged 1.00 goals, with both teams scoring in 0% of them.

Archived pre-match analysis

This analysis was prepared before kick-off. The conclusions use only information available before the match and do not include the final result or post-match statistics.

General match analysis

Apollon is in excellent form, having won all of their last five matches and occupying third place in the table. The hosts boast an impressive home record with 64% wins and 45% clean sheets, averaging 1.64 goals per match. Ethnikos Achna has catastrophic away results – as many as 82% losses, only 9% wins, and a dreadful goal difference (-18). The visitors concede an average of 2.45 goals per away match and fail to score in 45% of their games. Apollon's advantage in ball possession (57% vs 49%), shots on target (4.55 vs 3), and xG metrics (1.65 vs 1.22) further confirms the decisive disparity in strength between the teams.

View the statistical overview

Stats by half

1 : 0
First half
0 : 0
Second half

Game stats

57Possession (%)43
ApollonEthnikos Achna
13Shots2
ApollonEthnikos Achna
7Shots on target0
ApollonEthnikos Achna
1.91xG0.35
ApollonEthnikos Achna
6Corners2
ApollonEthnikos Achna
83Dangerous attacks29
ApollonEthnikos Achna
15Fouls12
ApollonEthnikos Achna
2Cards5
ApollonEthnikos Achna

Pre-game profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This team profile combines season stats and recent form. In-game statistics appear after the final whistle.

ApollonEthnikos Achna
1.41Goals scored / game1.09
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0.86Goals allowed / game1.73
ApollonEthnikos Achna
54%Average possession49%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
4.36Shots on target / game3.41
ApollonEthnikos Achna

Team statswho is more efficient?

Compare both teams' attacking and defensive records this season.

12.73Shots per game10
ApollonEthnikos Achna
4.36Shots on target3.41
ApollonEthnikos Achna
11.1%Shot conversion10.9%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
54%Possession49%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
1.55xG for1.23
ApollonEthnikos Achna
1.05xG against1.54
ApollonEthnikos Achna

Shooting quality

Apollon: BalancedEthnikos Achna: Balanced
ApollonEthnikos Achna
Accuracy (shots on target)34%34%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.12
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.320.32

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five games and season record, overall, at home and away.

Apollon is 67% better for: last-5 form.

3 pts / game - Apollon · 1.8 pts / game - Ethnikos Achna

Apollon
WWWWW
5 wins in a row
Season result split
64% W14% D23% L
Season (W-D-L)
14-3-5
2.05 pts / game · goal difference +12
Last 5 (W-D-L)
5-0-0
3.00 pts / game
Record at home (W-D-L)
7-1-3
Last 5 at home
4-0-1
LWWWW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 2.2Goals conceded: 0.4xG: 1.62Opponent xG: 0.96BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 60%
Ethnikos Achna
LLWWW
Season result split
32% W9% D59% L
Season (W-D-L)
7-2-13
1.05 pts / game · goal difference -14
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-0-2
1.80 pts / game
Record away (W-D-L)
1-1-9
Last 5 away
1-0-4
LLLLW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 1.4Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.22Opponent xG: 1.34BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Apollon is 29% better for: goals scored per game.

1.41 goals / game - Apollon · 1.09 goals / game - Ethnikos Achna

Apollon is 101% better for: goals allowed per game.

0.86 goals / game - Apollon · 1.73 goals / game - Ethnikos Achna

Apollon scoring profile: very strong

Apollon scores in 82% of games (18 of 22 meczów), while Ethnikos Achna keeps a clean sheet in 18% (4 of 22 meczów).

Ethnikos Achna scoring profile: mixed

Ethnikos Achna scores in 55% of games (12 of 22 meczów), while Apollon keeps a clean sheet in 55% (12 of 22 meczów).

31Goals scored (season)24
ApollonEthnikos Achna
19Goals conceded (season)38
ApollonEthnikos Achna
2.27Average goals per game2.82
ApollonEthnikos Achna
11Goals scored (last 5)7
ApollonEthnikos Achna
2Goals conceded (last 5)7
ApollonEthnikos Achna

How often they score at least...

82%1 goal55%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
41%2 goals36%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
14%3 goals9%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
5%4 goals5%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

How often they concede at least...

45%1 goal82%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
32%2 goals45%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
9%3 goals32%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0%4 goals14%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

* Statistics include both teams' home and away games this season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often games involving these teams produce goals at both ends, compared with the league average.

38%
League average

Goal patterns

9%BTTS at half-time14%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0%BTTS in both halves9%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
23%Scored in both halves27%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

BTTS and goal count

32%Min. 3 goals and BTTS41%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
14%Min. 3 goals without BTTS18%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
40%BTTS - last 540%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these games cross the goal lines?

See how often games involving these teams clear each goal line, for the full game and each half.

1st half

68%Min. 1 goal before half-time68%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
18%Min. 2 goals before half-time18%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
5%Min. 3 goals before half-time9%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

2nd half

77%Min. 1 goal after half-time86%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
36%Min. 2 goals after half-time59%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
23%Min. 3 goals after half-time27%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

Game halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Apollon is 27% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.5 pts / game - Apollon · 1.18 pts / game - Ethnikos Achna

Apollon - half-time state
36% leading41% draw23% trailing
Ethnikos Achna - half-time state
27% leading36% draw36% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.5Points per game (1st half)1.18
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0.59Goals scored (1st half)0.5
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0.32Goals conceded (1st half)0.55
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0.91Average goals (1st half)1.05
ApollonEthnikos Achna
68%Clean sheet before half-time50%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
55%No goal before half-time68%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

After half-time (2nd half)

1.73Points per game (2nd half)0.86
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0.82Goals scored (2nd half)0.59
ApollonEthnikos Achna
0.55Goals conceded (2nd half)1.18
ApollonEthnikos Achna
1.36Average goals (2nd half)1.77
ApollonEthnikos Achna
64%Clean sheet after half-time32%
ApollonEthnikos Achna
41%No goal after half-time50%
ApollonEthnikos Achna

Apollon - second-half results

50% W23% D27% L
33
Half-time points
13
Half-time goals
+6
Goal difference (1st half)
38
Second-half points
+6
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.50
PPG before half-time
Lead holding178%

Leads at halftime in 36% of games and wins 64%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.2

Allows 0.2 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Ethnikos Achna - second-half results

18% W32% D50% L
26
Half-time points
11
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
19
Second-half points
-13
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.18
PPG before half-time
Lead holding119%

Leads at halftime in 27% of games and wins 32%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.6

Allows 0.6 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Apollon - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game2.601.60
Goals scored / game1.60.6
Goals allowed / game0.20.2
Average goals per game1.80.8
1 goal100%60%
2 goals60%20%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet80%80%
No goal0%60%
Goal difference+7+2
Half-time: 80% leading - 20% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 8
Ethnikos Achna - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.601.00
Goals scored / game0.60.8
Goals allowed / game0.60.8
Average goals per game1.21.6
1 goal60%100%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet60%20%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference00
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 40% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Table colors show frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate and red is rare. They are not team ratings.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

The parts of a game in which both teams score and allow the most goals.

Apollon
ScoredConceded
5
3
0-15
4
1
16-30
4
3
31-45
4
4
46-60
5
2
61-75
9
6
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (9 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): +3 - wins late phases.

Ethnikos Achna
ScoredConceded
3
4
0-15
2
6
16-30
6
2
31-45
3
7
46-60
4
6
61-75
6
13
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (6 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (13). Late-goal balance (76-90): -7 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends from completed games this season.

Game profile

2.54
Estimated goals
attack vs. opponent defense
1.6 : 1.0
Estimated goal split
home : away
101%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
37%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-61%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
45%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
8%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 13 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs. defense for both teams

Apollon

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.50
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.05
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-3.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.14
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
+0.19
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
99%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
77%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.95
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.2
Late goals
29% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 16% come in the first quarter-hour.
29%

Ethnikos Achna

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.31
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.33
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+4.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.14
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
-0.19
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
97%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
122%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.75
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 13% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range use public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical game profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed games from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (First Division).

Teams vs league

ApollonLigaEthnikos Achna
Average goals per game 2.272.53 2.82
Both teams scored 32%38% 41%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 45%46% 59%
Clean sheets 55%34% 18%
Goal before half-time 68%71% 68%
Goal after half-time 77%80% 86%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.53
Average goals per game
38%
Both teams scored
46%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
34%
Clean sheets
1.42
Home goals / game
1.12
Away goals / game
+27%
Home attack advantage
+21%
Home defensive advantage
+11%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
26%
2 goals
8%
3 goals
2%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
44%
2 goals
15%
3 goals
3%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. Ethnikos AchnaYellow cardEmmanuel Addoquaye Lomotey
  2. Ethnikos AchnaYellow cardChristos Giousis
  3. ApollonGoalJaromír Zmrhal
  4. Ethnikos AchnaYellow cardAlois Confais
  5. ApollonYellow cardDanilo Spoljaric
  6. Ethnikos AchnaYellow cardLuís Miguel Vieira Babo Machado
  7. Ethnikos AchnaSubstitutionOn: Rafael Euclides Soares CamachoOff: Alois Confais
  8. Ethnikos AchnaYellow cardMarios Pechlivanis
  9. Ethnikos AchnaSubstitutionOn: Javier Siveiro ToroOff: Juan Bautista Cejas
  10. ApollonSubstitutionOn: Andreas ShikkisOff: Bruno Miguel Boialvo Gaspar
  11. Ethnikos AchnaSubstitutionOn: Marios DemetriouOff: Marios Pechlivanis
  12. ApollonSubstitutionOn: Giorgos MalekkidesOff: Brandon Thomas Llamas

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Menelaos AntoniouMatches officiated: 17
5.12Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 241%Home wins28%Draws28%Away wins

Head-to-head

Record from Apollon's perspective: 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses against Ethnikos Achna. Games average 1.00 goals, and both teams scored in 0% of them.

Ethnikos Achna
0 : 1
Apollon

FAQ

What was the result of Apollon vs Ethnikos Achna?

The First Division match finished Apollon 1:0 Ethnikos Achna. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Apollon vs Ethnikos Achna?

Apollon score 1.41 goals per game on average and Ethnikos Achna 1.09. The First Division average is 2.53 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 46% of games. Both teams score in 32% of Apollon's matches and 41% of Ethnikos Achna's.

What form are Apollon and Ethnikos Achna in?

Over the last 5 games Apollon have a 5-0-0 record (3.00 points per game) and Ethnikos Achna 3-0-2 (1.80 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Apollon vs Ethnikos Achna?

Here you can check the pre-match numbers for Apollon vs Ethnikos Achna: form, H2H, goals and Over/Under. The pick itself, value and reasoning are published in the NoFluffPicks app.