Betting preview: Nea Salamis vs Olympiakos should be interesting

Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nea Salamis languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Olympiakos will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Nea Salamis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympiakos is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Best bookmaker betting odds:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Olympiakos are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Nea Salamis form and stats

When playing at home in the 1. Division, Nea Salamis have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Ethnikos Achna (placed 14th) on their last time out; the 1. Division game ended 1-1. Before that, Nea Salamis drew at home versus Apollon.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nea Salamis have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost zero.

The manager S. Damianou will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to APOEL in only three days.

Nea Salamis has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Salamis have conceded 17 from these games.

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Olympiakos form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Olympiakos are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Karmiotissa fixture.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Omonia Nicosia (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The 1. Division match ended in a draw 1-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Ethnikos Achna.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Olympiakos in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Olympiakos, one draw and zero defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Olympiakos manager Č. Janevski as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Karmiotissa.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Olympiakos's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Olympiakos - Salamis 0-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Nea Salamis won six, Olympiakos won zero and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nea SalamisD. de Oliveira
D. de Oliveira
8 goals
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Blau-Weiß Linz form and stats

As the visiting team in Erste Liga matches, Blau-Weiß Linz have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far. Blau-Weiß has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Home advantage was not enough for Blau-Weiß in their previous game, as they lost their Erste Liga-match, hosting Amstetten, 1-2. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus SV Horn II.

Blau-Weiß Linz were so close to getting something from the game against Amstetten, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Blau-Weiß Linz playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Blau-Weiß Linz wins, zero draws and five defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Blau-Weiß's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 14 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Blau-Weiß have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Blau-Weiß Linz - Lafnitz 1-5, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Lafnitz won five games, zero matches ended with a draw and Blau-Weiß Linz has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / three

Top Goalscorers

Blau-Weiß LinzF. Schubert
F. Schubert
12 goals
LafnitzC. Lichtenberger
C. Lichtenberger
7 goals
LafnitzK. Kovačević
K. Kovačević
6 goals

Lafnitz missing players

Blau-Weiß Linz missing players

Lafnitz Blau-Weiß Linz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
9 1 0 Won W 2 5 9
10 8 3 Drew D 1 3 6
9 5 2 Lost L 1 6 13
39 11 6 Scored S 9 23 46
39 19 10 Conceded C 4 26 56
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 93% 93%
54% 29% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 71% 71%
25% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
18% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 29%
64% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 75%
21% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 14%
21% 43% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 11%
 
4.5 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.8 5.4
5.4 4.7 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.6
1.6 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
279 146 48 Total Shots T S 44 148 302
121 54 20 Shots on Target S O 26 73 148
32% 20% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 32% 31%
Key stats in Erste Liga this season:
  • Blau-Weiß Linz have scored at least twice as many goals away as Lafnitz have scored home.
  • Blau-Weiß Linz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lafnitz has the fewest points (11) at home
  • Lafnitz has the fewest scored goals (11) at home

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austria Klagenfurt 28 18 7 3 58 33 14 7 6 1 29 18 14 11 1 2 29 15 25 61
2 Ried 28 18 4 6 61 37 14 9 1 4 34 20 14 9 3 2 27 17 24 58
3 Liefering 28 13 8 7 65 47 15 10 1 4 42 26 13 3 7 3 23 21 18 47
4 Austria Wien II 28 13 5 10 58 43 15 8 1 6 34 22 13 5 4 4 24 21 15 44
5 Wacker Innsbruck 28 13 4 11 42 42 14 6 2 6 18 21 14 7 2 5 24 21 0 43
6 Amstetten 28 10 9 9 46 45 14 4 5 5 23 24 14 6 4 4 23 21 1 39
7 Vorwarts Steyr 28 10 8 10 39 32 14 6 4 4 19 13 14 4 4 6 20 19 7 38
8 Lafnitz 28 9 10 9 39 39 14 1 8 5 11 19 14 8 2 4 28 20 0 37
9 Juniors OÖ 28 9 8 11 47 57 13 6 1 6 25 29 15 3 7 5 22 28 -10 35
10 Austria Lustenau 28 10 4 14 55 54 14 5 2 7 24 25 14 5 2 7 31 29 1 34
11 Blau-Weiß Linz 28 9 6 13 46 56 14 4 3 7 23 30 14 5 3 6 23 26 -10 33
12 Dornbirn 28 8 9 11 39 54 14 3 5 6 22 32 14 5 4 5 17 22 -15 33
13 SV Horn II 28 8 8 12 55 61 14 3 4 7 26 32 14 5 4 5 29 29 -6 32
14 Grazer AK 28 7 9 12 37 45 13 4 5 4 19 16 15 3 4 8 18 29 -8 30
15 Floridsdorfer AC 28 6 11 11 30 42 14 3 6 5 13 17 14 3 5 6 17 25 -12 29
16 Kapfenberger SV 28 6 4 18 34 64 14 4 3 7 19 26 14 2 1 11 15 38 -30 22

Read more about Erste Liga

The Austrian Football Second League (2. Liga, formerly known as Erste Liga) is the second highest level of football in Austria. The league expanded from ten to 16 teams before the 2018/19 season. Each team play 30 fixtures to decide a final league table, promotion and relegation.