With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Olympiakos fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Nea Salamis.
The hosts Olympiakos saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Cyprus Cup. That game was an away game at Enosis, so at least Olympiakos are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Olympiakos form and stats
Olympiakos have collected 6 points from their 1. Division home games so far after 2-0-3.
Happy days for Olympiakos in their previous game, a Cyprus Cup match away at Enosis (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Previous to that game, a 1. Division home match hosting Omonia Nicosia in a game that was won 1-0.
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 Olympiakos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost three.
Olympiakos has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Olympiakos have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Nea Salamis form and stats
Nea Salamis, who have the most conceded goals (16) in 1. Division, have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the 1. Division. It's all red in the travel logs of Salamis, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Salamis's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ethnikos Achna that finished 1-1. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ermis.
We have checked recent matches where Salamis have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were four victories, zero draws and one defeat.
Goals are few and far between in Salamis's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. The Nea Salamis manager P. Christodoulou has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympiakos zero wins, four draws and Nea Salamis six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Mantzis 4 goals |  G. van Kessel 3 goals |   T. Wagner 3 goals |
Olympiakos missing players
Nea Salamis missing players
| Olympiakos | Nea Salamis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 | 47 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 24 | 86 |
| 37 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 10 | 37 |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 16% |
- Nea Salamis has the fewest points (0) away in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis has the fewest scored goals (1) away in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis has the most conceded goals (16) in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in 1. Division
- Nea Salamis have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nea Salamis have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Nea Salamis have lost all their away matches so far.
- Nea Salamis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nea Salamis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nea Salamis is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Olympiakos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympiakos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nea Salamis have scored away.
- Olympiakos 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 | Apollon | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Anorthosis | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | AEL | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Olympiakos | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Doxa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Paphos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Ermis | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | APOEL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 13 | Enosis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| 14 | Nea Salamis | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |