Paphos vs AEK Larnaca Match Preview

Paphos welcomes AEK Larnaca in the fourth match of the second round of the Cypriot championship.

The hosts are coming off a 1-1 home draw with Omonia in the first leg of the Cyprus Cup semi-finals.
Undoubtedly, the Pafi team is not having the best of days as they have completed eight games without a win which prompted the club's managers to remove Henning Berg from the technical leadership and hire the well-known Spaniard Michel Salgado. In his debut against Omonia, the Spaniard showed that he has a more aggressive mentality than his predecessor, something that suits Paphos since they have top-quality footballers. In addition, at the home team's last four home games both teams scored and all of them were draws.

The visitors, on the other hand, also affected by the European course, showed disorientation in the last games having one win and one draw in the five most recent league games. In the previous matchday, they drew 2-2 in the last minutes at home to APOEL, remaining in the title game seven matchdays before the final, as they remain four points behind the Blue and Yellows.

In conclusion, I think that neither team will be comfortable with the draw since for Paphos it is a very crucial game if they want to catch their opponent in third place, given that they are six points away from them while Larnaca cannot sustain more losses if they want to go for the title. I believe both teams will score and I will bet 3 points at odds of 1.88.