Nea Salamis will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind AEL.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nea Salamis form and stats
When playing at home, Nea Salamis have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.Nea Salamis's previous game was a 1. Division match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus AEK Larnaca (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Nea Salamis played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Omonia Nicosia.
Nea Salamis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 11 matches. Nea Salamis have conceded 11 in these home matches.
AEL form and stats
AEL have an excellent away record so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games. It's a growing despair in AEL as they have recorded three consecutive losses. AEL has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.It might be tough going out on the road again for AEL, facing their second straight away game. Especially as that game, in the 1. Division, ended a defeat 1-3 versus Omonia Nicosia (placed 5th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Apollon.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the AEL manager D. Kerkez as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Apollon.
AEL are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games. AEL have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; AEL - Nea Salamis 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 0 - 8 (Nea Salamis wins - draws - AEL wins).Top Goalscorers
  K. Onuegbu 9 goals |   Rubén Jurado 8 goals |  Thiago Santos 7 goals |
Nea Salamis missing players
AEL missing players
| Nea Salamis | AEL | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | Played | 12 | 25 |
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 88% |
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 64% |
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 52% |
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 32% |
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 24% |
| 40% | 38% | Both teams to score | 42% | 40% |
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheet | 25% | 36% |
| 32% | 23% | Failed To Score | 42% | 36% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | APOEL | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Apollon | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 33 | 47 |
| 3 | AEL | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 39 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 31 |
| 7 | Anorthosis | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Paphos | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Doxa | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | Enosis | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | -21 | 17 |
| 11 | Alki Oroklini | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -24 | 17 |
| 12 | Ermis | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 10 |
