It's a new 1. Division campaign and Nea Salamis are eager to get started. AEK Larnaca are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Nea Salamis form and stats
The manager P. Christodoulou will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to AEL in only four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Nea Salamis friendly games in pre-season: Salamis played seven friendlies, won 1, drew 6 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Nea Salamis scored 5 goals and conceded 3 in these seven games.
Last season, Nea Salamis's league statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the 1. Division. Over these 22 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Nea Salamis managed 4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 21 conceded.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
A new game in only four days for Larnaca, the 1. Division home match versus APOEL. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for AEK Larnaca as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which AEK Larnaca have played eight with the results W2-D3-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Larnaca has scored 11 goals and conceded 11 times.
Let's have a look at how AEK Larnaca performed last season in the 1. Division: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 17/15 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Salamis four wins, three draws and AEK Larnaca three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.Nea Salamis missing players
AEK Larnaca missing players
| Nea Salamis | AEK Larnaca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Nea Salamis | Last season | AEK Larnaca | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 83% | ||
| 74% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 65% | ||
| 61% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 57% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 35% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 57% | ||
| 22% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 35% | ||
| 35% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 26% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 207 | 111 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 229 | ||
| 90 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 100 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Anorthosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | APOEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Apollon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Doxa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Enosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ermis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nea Salamis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Olympiakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Omonia Nicosia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Paphos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 30 |
| 2 | Nea Salamis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Olympiakos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Enosis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Ethnikos Achna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Doxa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |