Home advantage could prove decisive in Nea Salamis - Karmiotissa battle

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Mon 12.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ammochostos Epistrofi (5500 seats)

In total; 13 game weeks are played and Nea Salamis are 1 points in front of Karmiotissa. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Nea Salamis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Karmiotissa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Karmiotissa play their home games on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. Up to date data for Karmiotissa when playing on grass are 8 wins, 7 draws and 16 defeats from 31 matches. They have scored {36 goals} and conceded 60 times in these games.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nea Salamis form and stats

2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 1. Division numbers at home for Nea Salamis so far this season. With Nea Salamis having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Poursaitidis.

Salamis played out an unexpected defeat 1-3 against APOEL in their previous game, also a home game.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Olympiakos with a 2-0 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nea Salamis have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nea Salamis defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Karmiotissa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karmiotissa so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

Karmiotissa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Omonia Nicosia (placed 5th). That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Omonia Nicosia was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A loss, in the Cyprus Cup away at Omonia Nicosia, earlier.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Karmiotissa's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 6 matches. Karmiotissa have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nea Salamis and Karmiotissa have met before this season: Karmiotissa - Nea Salamis 1-2. Last ten meetings with these teams: Nea Salamis won six, Karmiotissa triumphed in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KarmiotissaE. Zelaya
E. Zelaya
3 goals
Nea SalamisL. Teixeira Ribeiro
L. Teixeira Ribeiro
2 goals
Nea SalamisD. Dorregaray
D. Dorregaray
2 goals

Nea Salamis missing players

Karmiotissa missing players

Nea Salamis Karmiotissa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
5 2 2 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
7 3 0 Lost L 1 3 6
12 6 3 Scored S 0 2 9
17 10 1 Conceded C 4 13 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 85%
69% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
38% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 54%
15% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 38%
23% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 83% 46%
 
4.4 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 5.2
4.7 3.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.7 5.5
2.7 2.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 9.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.5 8.7
4.1 4.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.8
22% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 25%
 
9.2 9 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.2 13
4.1 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 5.4
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Karmiotissa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Karmiotissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nea Salamis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nea Salamis have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Karmiotissa have scored away.
  • 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 APOEL 14 10 3 1 21 5 7 3 3 1 8 2 7 7 0 0 13 3 16 30
2 Paphos 14 9 4 1 30 8 7 5 1 1 14 3 7 4 3 0 16 5 22 31
3 AEK Larnaca 14 10 1 3 24 9 7 6 1 0 15 2 7 4 0 3 9 7 15 28
4 Aris 14 9 3 2 28 11 7 3 2 2 14 9 7 6 1 0 14 2 17 29
5 Omonia Nicosia 14 7 1 6 22 15 7 6 0 1 18 3 7 1 1 5 4 12 7 19
6 Apollon 13 6 4 3 12 10 6 3 1 2 6 6 7 3 3 1 6 4 2 19
7 Anorthosis 14 5 3 6 13 17 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 3 1 3 6 9 -4 17
8 Nea Salamis 13 5 1 7 12 17 6 2 1 3 6 10 7 3 0 4 6 7 -5 16
9 AEL 13 4 3 6 10 11 7 2 1 4 4 7 6 2 2 2 6 4 -1 14
10 Karmiotissa 13 4 3 6 9 21 7 3 1 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 2 13 -12 15
11 Doxa 14 3 2 9 10 20 7 1 0 6 3 10 7 2 2 3 7 10 -10 11
12 Enosis 14 3 2 9 9 21 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 1 0 6 3 14 -12 11
13 Olympiakos 14 1 5 8 10 27 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 0 2 5 5 18 -17 7
14 Akritas 14 2 1 11 7 25 7 2 0 5 5 15 7 0 1 6 2 10 -18 7