Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion vs Pafos: Sitting ducks Karmiotissa to plunge further down the table.

The week begins withthird-placedd Pafos FC squaring away with Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion as the tussle for league dominance continues in Cyprus. A big reminder shuffle around the problems faced by both sides as the hosts have only succeeded in tieing once in the last seven clashes; losing six. Will this be another victory for Pafos, or are we going to be pleasantly surprised by Karmiotissa?

Last five matches: L-L-L-W-D

Karmiotissa has conceded thirteen league goals in the last eight league games. This is probably the reason they sit in tenth place after the recent four-nil (4-0) loss to Salamina Famagusta in a match that briefly looked like theirs for the taking.

At the moment, performance at home shows two wins (against Akritas Chlorakas and Doxa Katokopia), one loss (against AEL Limassol), and one tie (against Apollon Limassol) in which they have scored four goals, conceding two in the process.

If Karmiotissa is to make something of this match, defensive errors need to be minimized as much as possible because they have only one clean sheet in eight matches; a weak statistic for a team who hopes to gain points in anticipation of table recognition

Last five matches: L-D-D-W-W

Pafos may have been on better standings if they had defended the loss against APOEL Nicosia in a game in which red cards flew around after warnings from the third officials. Despite keeping the most of the ball, their fall began from the fifteenth-minute goal by Mateo Susic, who later went ahead to score a brace before Pafos slotted one goal home in the ninety-first minute.

The last five games have produced eight points in which they have scored eight goals and conceded three. Away from home, they are yet to lose a game and have scored ten goals.

Pafos are huge favorites for this game, seeing as they have an average goal rating of 2.30 goals per game. Other things being equal, we may be looking at a side that has scored in every game, irrespective of the outcome.

Karmiotissa has never won a duel against Pafos in the last eight encounters. So far, the beat they have been able to achieve is a tie. Pafos on the other hand look to return to winning ways after an agonizing defeat in the last fixture. For this game, we predict the Visitors to score at least two goals at 1.68 odds (betway)

Since Pafos are in better form than hosts Karmiotissa, it may not be out of place to anticipate a direct home victory at 1.52 odds (1xbet). Also, the home team would be out to frustrate all goal efforts by Karmiotissa. For this game, we do not see Karmiotissa finding the back of the net. However, we predict a goal range of two to three at 1.92 odds from betway.

Best of luck!