Evenly matched teams: Doxa vs Nea Salamis match preview

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Mon 16.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Peristerona

Doxa are counting on their home advantage to support them to win this meeting with Nea Salamis. Who will win at Stadio Peristerona?

Insights:
  • Doxa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in 1. Division
  • Nea Salamis have scored at least twice as many goals away as Doxa have scored home.

The hosts Doxa saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Cyprus Cup. This match was also played here at Stadio Peristerona. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nea Salamis have had more rest.

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Doxa form and stats

With 1 1. Division win, 1 draw and 7 defeats from their home games, Doxa are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Stress levels are on the rise for Doxa's attacking players as they have now played 495 minutes without scoring in a league game. Sadik was their last goal scorer.

Doxa's previous fixture was a Cyprus Cup game also played at home, finishing 5-1 vs Ethnikos Achna. The home side are looking to continue in that form.

Prior to that, an away loss at Omonia Nicosia in the 1. Division.

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 Doxa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 6 and lost 1.

It should be considered that a peek at the 14 most recent league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Doxa has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {3 goals} from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Nea Salamis form and stats

The visitors are W4-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 1. Division.

The supporters enjoyed Salamis's previous match versus AEK Larnaca, a Cyprus Cup win (4-0) played at home.

Before that, Nea Salamis secured a home win against Enosis with the score 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nea Salamis playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Nea Salamis win, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salamis as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Nea Salamis in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other earlier on this match year: Nea Salamis - Doxa 1-0. Data for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for Doxa, four draws and three wins for Nea Salamis. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Nea SalamisA. Diakite
A. Diakite
4 goals
DoxaB. Sadik
B. Sadik
3 goals
Nea SalamisV. Klimovich
V. Klimovich
3 goals

Doxa missing players

Nea Salamis missing players

Doxa Nea Salamis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 9 18
3 1 0 Won W 2 4 8
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
12 7 2 Lost L 2 5 9
10 3 0 Scored S 5 8 18
26 13 3 Conceded C 5 10 23
89% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 78%
44% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
28% 11% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 44%
17% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 22%
67% 78% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 33%
 
3.1 3.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.2
5.8 5.9 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.3
2 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.7 8.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.2 9
3.9 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.7
14% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 24% 27%
 
12.7 12 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 10.5 9.8
5.3 5.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 4
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Doxa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Doxa have the fewest points (4) at home in 1. Division
  • Doxa have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in 1. Division
  • Doxa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in 1. Division
  • Nea Salamis have scored at least twice as many goals away as Doxa have scored home.
  • 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 AEK Larnaca 18 13 2 3 29 10 9 8 1 0 18 3 9 5 1 3 11 7 19 41
2 APOEL 18 12 4 2 24 7 9 5 3 1 10 2 9 7 1 1 14 5 17 40
3 Paphos 18 11 5 2 38 13 9 6 2 1 21 7 9 5 3 1 17 6 25 38
4 Aris 18 9 7 2 29 12 9 3 4 2 15 10 9 6 3 0 14 2 17 34
5 Omonia Nicosia 18 10 1 7 30 17 9 8 0 1 22 3 9 2 1 6 8 14 13 31
6 Apollon 17 8 5 4 17 14 8 5 1 2 9 6 9 3 4 2 8 8 3 29
7 AEL 17 7 4 6 14 11 9 4 1 4 7 7 8 3 3 2 7 4 3 25
8 Nea Salamis 18 8 1 9 18 23 9 4 1 4 10 13 9 4 0 5 8 10 -5 25
9 Karmiotissa 18 5 5 8 13 24 9 3 2 4 7 9 9 2 3 4 6 15 -11 20
10 Anorthosis 18 5 4 9 13 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 3 1 5 6 11 -9 19
11 Enosis 18 4 2 12 12 27 9 2 2 5 6 11 9 2 0 7 6 16 -15 14
12 Doxa 18 3 3 12 10 26 9 1 1 7 3 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -16 12
13 Akritas 18 3 2 13 11 32 9 3 0 6 7 17 9 0 2 7 4 15 -21 11
14 Olympiakos 18 1 7 10 10 30 9 1 5 3 5 9 9 0 2 7 5 21 -20 10