APOEL perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Nea Salamis can look both up and down from their 6th position.
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 APOEL and Nea Salamis.
Nea Salamis are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
APOEL form and stats
Home games in the 1. Division have been a walk in the park for APOEL so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. After failing to beat AEK Larnaca here at GSP Stadium, APOEL has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
The APOEL goalkeeper Vid Belec is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. Division.
The APOEL crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Apollon here at GSP Stadium in a Cyprus Cup match. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Doxa.
The defeat against Apollon was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by I. Pittas).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Anorthosis are coming to town in three days.
APOEL are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at GSP Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches. As for guarding their own goal, APOEL have only let in 2 goals at home.
Nea Salamis form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Nea Salamis playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season. Nea Salamis love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Nea Salamis had fun at their own home (GSP Stadium) last time out, beating Paphos 2-1. Mauricio scored. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Enosis in the 1. Division.
The end of the last match, against Paphos, was very satisfying as M. Širok scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
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 five results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and five defeats. The outsiders lost five of these games by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nea Salamis as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Nea Salamis in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Nea Salamis - APOEL 0-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (APOEL wins - draws - Nea Salamis wins). As for goals, 9 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Onuegbu 9 goals |   G. Merkis 6 goals |  L. Hallenius 5 goals |
APOEL missing players
Nea Salamis missing players
| APOEL | Nea Salamis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 81% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 76% |
| 50% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 59% |
| 19% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 29% |
| 12% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 24% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 47% |
| 62% | 86% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 31% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 6.5 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 8.1 | 6.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 217 | 118 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 69 | 152 |
| 88 | 57 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 21 | 59 |
| 30% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 34% |
- APOEL has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
- APOEL have not yet lost a game at home.
- APOEL have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nea Salamis have scored away.
- APOEL have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Nea Salamis has the most points from losing position (11)
- Nea Salamis have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Apollon | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | APOEL | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | AEL | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Paphos | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 14 |
| 11 | Enosis | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 12 | Doxa | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -24 | 8 |