After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Paphos and Nea Salamis in this fresh 1. Division season. Read our match preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Paphos form and stats
Paphos have played three 1. Division home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Paphos are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Olympiakos. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Ethnikos Achna.
The Paphos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Nea Salamis form and stats
Nea Salamis have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the 1. Division were 0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 0 fixtures.
Salamis won their last game, 4-1 versus Ahironas played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Enosis in the 1. Division.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Nea Salamis as the away team, we found three results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and three defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Nea Salamis has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Paphos, zero draws and six wins for Nea Salamis. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Wagner 3 goals |   J. Puncheon 1 goals |  O. Valakari 1 goals |
Paphos missing players
Nea Salamis missing players
| Paphos | Nea Salamis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | 25 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 33 |
| 13 | 9 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 38% | 44% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 29% |
- Paphos has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 1. Division
| Paphos | Last season | Nea Salamis | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 83% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 74% | ||
| 35% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 61% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 35% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 22% | ||
| 39% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 26% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 22% | ||
| 39% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 179 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 207 | ||
| 86 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 90 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Apollon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | AEL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Olympiakos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Doxa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Anorthosis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | APOEL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Nea Salamis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Ermis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 13 | Paphos | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Enosis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 |