Paphos vs Aris – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 03/01/2024

Paphos and Aris face each other on the afternoon of this Wednesday, January 3, 2024, from 2pm in a game valid for the 17th round of the Cypriot First Division. The clash will be played at the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, in the city of Paphos.

Paphos

The Paphos team arrives for this match with the important mission of taking advantage of the field control in their favor to add three precious points to their campaign, aiming to achieve their second consecutive victory after an excellent collective performance in the previous duel.

On that occasion, Paphos faced off against AEL Limassol and despite having found it difficult to contain the opponent’s offensive momentum, the team managed to win by a score of 2-1 even though they were playing away from home, recovering from the series of two defeats that plagued him until then.

There were 3 wins, no draws and 2 defeats in the last 5 official matches of the season, beating AEL Limassol, Nea Salamis and Othellos Athienou, in addition to losing to APOEL and also to Karmiotissa.

At the moment, the club is in fifth place on the Cypriot championship table, with 32 points achieved so far, seven behind the first club outside the G-6.

Playing as home team at the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, the Paphos team recorded a recent campaign with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 defeats in the last 10 matches played.

Aris

On the other side is the Aris squad, which in turn will try to surprise away from home and is going through a similar situation to its opponent this season, with the same score on the leaderboard.

In the last round, the Alviverde team also entered the field under pressure after two consecutive defeats, but they did not let themselves be discouraged by the negative sequence and did enough to defeat Zakakiou by a slim score of 1-0 in front of their fans to restore part of the confidence that had lost before that.

Currently, the club is in fourth place in the national elite league table, with 32 points achieved so far, six less than the leader and seven above AEK Larnaca, the first team outside the G-6 of the competition.

In the last 5 times they entered the field officially during the season, they recorded 2 wins, no draws and 3 defeats. During this period they beat AEL Limassol and Zakakiou, in addition to losing to Doxa, Sparta Prague and also AEK Larnaca.

Acting as a visitor, the Aris team recorded a recent campaign of 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats in the last 10 matches played.

Conclusion:

Despite having the highest odds available, a draw is in my opinion the likely outcome for this duel which has everything to be the most balanced of the round as it puts two teams with several similarities face to face.