Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nea Salamis languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Paphos will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Nea Salamis have the most points from losing position (16) in 1. Division
- Paphos is in the best form (5-0-1)
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nea Salamis and Paphos.
Paphos are staying put at 7th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.
Nea Salamis form and stats
The story so far in the 1. Division for Nea Salamis at their home stadium is 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Salamis shared the glory with Ethnikos Achna in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. R. Veselovsky, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 0.0 out of 10 in that game. Veselovsky . Late drama in the game against Ethnikos Achna as Nea Salamis were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until V. Créhin popped out and made it level in the 82nd minute.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ermis in a game that was won 3-1.A decent goal production from Salamis in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Paphos form and stats
There's been little loot from Paphos's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 13 away games in the 1. Division. Paphos, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in 1. Division, only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.
Paphos go into this game after a win, the home game against Doxa that ended 2-1. A. Rudko was the team player of the game with the player rating of 0.0. The agile goalkeeper Rudko . M. Torres came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Doxa last time out, making the manager S. Constantine feel like a tactical genius.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus APOEL at their stadium, the result 1-0.Paphos are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 13 away games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Paphos as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Paphos - Nea Salamis 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Nea Salamis, zero draws and four wins for Paphos. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Wagner 17 goals |   O. Valakari 13 goals |  D. de Oliveira 11 goals |
Nea Salamis missing players
Paphos missing players
| Nea Salamis | Paphos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 18 | 36 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 42 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 11 | 15 | 51 |
| 55 | 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 78% | 89% |
| 83% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 44% | 64% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 28% | 47% |
| 22% | 22% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 6% | 22% |
| 8% | 11% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 6% | 11% |
| 56% | 67% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 28% | 44% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 44% | 39% |
| 33% | 17% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 50% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8.1 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 8.6 | 9.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 27% | 36% |
- Nea Salamis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nea Salamis have the most points from losing position (16) in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Paphos have the fewest scored goals (5) away in 1. Division
- Paphos is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Omonia Nicosia | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | AEL | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 55 |
| 3 | Apollon | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 30 | 54 |
| 4 | Anorthosis | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Olympiakos | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 34 |
| 7 | Paphos | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | APOEL | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | Doxa | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 29 |
| 11 | Enosis | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -17 | 24 |
| 12 | Ermis | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -20 | 24 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
| 14 | Karmiotissa | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -23 | 18 |