Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
- Enosis Neon Paralimni FC are currently last in the 1. Division 2025-2026 table with only 1 point from 20 games.
- Enosis Paralimni are winless in their last 5 games, having lost their last 3 matches at home.
- Enosis Neon Paralimni’s favoured formation is a flexible 4-2-3-1, or 4-3-3, which relies heavily on the defence being organised when out of possession, quick vertical transitions, and the full backs being able to attack in the channels to create chances.
- Andre Ella is their main offensive outlet, finding the net 2 of Enosis’s last 3 goals.
Ethnikos Achnas FC
- The visitors Ethnikos Achnas FC are also in a relegation struggle, sitting in 13th place with just 17 points from 20 matches.
- Christos Giousis has found the net 2 times in Ethnikos’s last 5 games, contributing 2/3rds of their total goals scored.
- Ethnikos Achnas’s formation has been a compact and pragmatic 4-4-2, or 4-2-3-1, which allows them to block up the narrow middle of the field and frustrate opponents, looking for chances to counter and set pieces.
- In Nicolas Andereggen, they have a reliable scorer to come back to in his 8 goals in 19 games.
Head-to-Head
Enosis Neon Paralimni have beaten Ethnikos 2 of the last 3 meetings (W2 D0 L1), most recently winning 2-1 away from home in the Cyprus Cup just 3 weeks ago.
Key Players
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Key players to watch:
- Andre Ella - 2 of Enosis’s last 3 goals.
- Nicolas Andereggen - 8 goals in 19 games.
Betting Insights
- The bookmakers have Ethnikos Achnas FC as heavy favorites at 1.26 for this fixture, with Paralimni being the clear underdogs.
- With over 2.5 goals being priced at 1.81 and both teams to score at 1.52, a high-scoring game is expected between two out of form teams.
- Ethnikos Achnas are priced as clear favorites for this clash, and Enosis Neon Paralimni have lost all 10 of their home matches this season, however the bookies haven’t taken into account Ethnikos’s poor away form, losing 9 of their 10 away fixtures in the Cypriot top flight.
- Ethnikos’s away record shows only 0.7 goals per match scored and 2.7 conceded, so it is possible for the home side to grab a win.
Prediction
- With the betting trends and both teams’ form, a high-scoring encounter with both teams to score looks likely.
- Ethnikos Achnas will need to use their favored counter-attacking style against Paralimni’s direct transitions to try and break the lines of the home defence.
