The league table in 1. Division tells a story about these teams so far, with AEK Larnaca leading Nea Salamis by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
- AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nea Salamis has the fewest points from losing position (0) in 1. Division
AEK Larnaca have less rest than Nea Salamis in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1. Division game only four days ago. This match was also played here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nea Salamis have had more rest.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 1. Division games here at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis for AEK Larnaca. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Larnaca are confident in defense, having played 287 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The spoils were shared in AEK Larnaca's previous game, also at home. Visiting Paphos (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Larnaca won a home game hosting Olympiakos (4-0).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Larnaca home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Larnaca can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 12 times. As for guarding their own goal, AEK Larnaca have only let in 3 goals at home.
Nea Salamis form and stats
There's been little loot from Nea Salamis's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the 1. Division. Nea Salamis, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in 1. Division, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Salamis play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Karmiotissa (placed 11th). A loss against APOEL was the result prior to that, in a home game.
You'll want to know how Nea Salamis managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eight similar matches resulting in one away win, three draws and four home wins.
Goals are few and far between in Salamis's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. Salamis have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nea Salamis - AEK Larnaca 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Larnaca wins - draws - Nea Salamis wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Trichkovski 5 goals |  J. García Naranjo 4 goals |   T. Wagner 4 goals |
AEK Larnaca missing players
Nea Salamis missing players
| AEK Larnaca | Nea Salamis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 85% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 69% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 17% | 38% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.3 | 9.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 12% | 18% |
- AEK Larnaca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AEK Larnaca have scored more than double the goals of Nea Salamis.
- Nea Salamis has the fewest points from losing position (0) in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis has the fewest scored goals (2) away in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AEL | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Apollon | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| 3 | Anorthosis | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Olympiakos | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Paphos | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Doxa | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | APOEL | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Ermis | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Nea Salamis | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 11 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 7 |
| 14 | Enosis | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 7 |