Soccer fixture news: Home ticketholders with high hopes before Apollon - Nea Salamis

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Mon 02.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: GSP Stadium (22859 seats)

Which side will claim the win when Nea Salamis travel to Apollon? In this preview you'll find all the relevant facts and stats required to make a prediction.

Insights:
  • Apollon have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Division
  • Nea Salamis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous game. Let's look for an energetic match!

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Apollon form and stats

The 1. Division statistics playing at home this season for Apollon are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Apollon after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The fans are hoping that Apollon will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Omonia Nicosia (placed 5th).

Ahead of that match, Apollon won a home game hosting Doxa (1-0).

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 Apollon home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be noted that a glance at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Apollon have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nea Salamis form and stats

Playing away, Nea Salamis have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats 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 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. AEK Larnaca proved too strong as Nea Salamis slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at N. Papas Group Ammochostos-Epistrofi.

Prior to that result Nea Salamis won their away game at Akritas. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Nea Salamis played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Enosis in just four days.

{8 goals} so far away for Nea Salamis, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 8 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Apollon have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Nea Salamis.

It's not the first time these teams meet this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Nea Salamis - Apollon 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
4 goals
Nea SalamisA. Diakite
A. Diakite
4 goals
ApollonV. Roberge
V. Roberge
3 goals

Apollon missing players

Nea Salamis missing players

Apollon Nea Salamis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 3 8 16
7 4 1 Won W 1 4 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 2 0 Lost L 2 4 8
13 7 2 Scored S 2 8 16
12 6 1 Conceded C 3 8 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 75%
13% 29% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 29% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 50%
40% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 19%
27% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 31%
 
6.3 5.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 4.5
3.5 3.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.7 5.2
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 9.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.9 9.3
4.7 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 3.8
18% 23% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 26%
 
7.6 7.3 6 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.7 9.5
3.2 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 3.9
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Apollon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Apollon have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Division
  • Apollon have the most matches under the total-line (13) in 1. Division
  • Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nea Salamis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paphos 16 11 4 1 36 10 8 6 1 1 19 5 8 5 3 0 17 5 26 37
2 AEK Larnaca 16 12 1 3 28 10 8 7 1 0 17 3 8 5 0 3 11 7 18 37
3 APOEL 16 11 4 1 23 6 8 4 3 1 9 2 8 7 1 0 14 4 17 37
4 Aris 16 9 5 2 29 12 8 3 3 2 15 10 8 6 2 0 14 2 17 32
5 Omonia Nicosia 16 8 1 7 25 17 8 7 0 1 20 3 8 1 1 6 5 14 8 25
6 Apollon 15 7 4 4 13 12 7 4 1 2 7 6 8 3 3 2 6 6 1 25
7 Nea Salamis 16 7 1 8 16 21 8 3 1 4 8 13 8 4 0 4 8 8 -5 22
8 AEL 15 6 3 6 13 11 8 3 1 4 6 7 7 3 2 2 7 4 2 21
9 Anorthosis 15 5 3 7 13 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 3 1 4 6 10 -5 18
10 Karmiotissa 15 4 3 8 10 24 8 3 1 4 7 9 7 1 2 4 3 15 -14 15
11 Enosis 16 4 2 10 12 22 8 2 2 4 6 8 8 2 0 6 6 14 -10 14
12 Doxa 16 3 2 11 10 24 8 1 0 7 3 13 8 2 2 4 7 11 -14 11
13 Olympiakos 16 1 6 9 10 29 8 1 4 3 5 9 8 0 2 6 5 20 -19 9
14 Akritas 16 2 1 13 10 32 8 2 0 6 6 17 8 0 1 7 4 15 -22 7