The home supporters hope for a win in this match, and the home advantage should be put to good use against a stumbling visitor. Nea Salamis are in 7th spot while the guesting Olympiakos fret at 13th.
- Nea Salamis have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in 1. Division
- Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals (13) in 1. Division
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Salamis and Olympiakos.
Nea Salamis form and stats
The story so far in the 1. Division for Nea Salamis at their home stadium (Stadio Ammochostos Epistrofi) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Nea Salamis to get some points in this home game.
Salamis haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 222 minutes ago. Miguelito scored that one.
The Nea Salamis crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Olympiakos here at Stadio Ammochostos Epistrofi.
Heartbreak before that as Salamis lost 0-3 at Aris's place.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.
Nea Salamis has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Salamis have conceded 15 goals.
Olympiakos form and stats
There's been little loot from Olympiakos's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the 1. Division. Olympiakos only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
Esselink was the last player to score for the away team. Olympiakos haven't scored a league goal in the last 226 minutes.
Two trips in a row for Olympiakos, whose manager Serghides could celebrate last time after the win against Nea Salamis. That victory felt good as this club had gone five league matches without winning.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Omonia Nicosia.Olympiakos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Lacking goals? 11 of this club's latest 14 league matches have seen two or less goals.
The attacking power of Olympiakos when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Olympiakos's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other before this season: Olympiakos - Nea Salamis 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Salamis five wins, three draws and Olympiakos two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Dorregaray 4 goals | A. Diakite 4 goals | L. Teixeira Ribeiro 3 goals |
Nea Salamis missing players
Olympiakos missing players
| Nea Salamis | Olympiakos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 26 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 31 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 76% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 64% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 36% |
| 8% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 16% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 8% |
| 44% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | 40% |
| 24% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 24% |
| 32% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 52% |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 8.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.8 | 7.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | 19% |
| 10.1 | 9.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.8 | 12.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
- Nea Salamis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nea Salamis have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympiakos have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Olympiakos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Olympiakos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals (13) in 1. Division
- Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in 1. Division
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 24 | 54 |
| 3 | Aris | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Paphos | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 49 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Apollon | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | AEL | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Anorthosis | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 33 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 11 | Enosis | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Doxa | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 18 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -24 | 14 |
| 14 | Akritas | 25 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -34 | 12 |
