A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Nea Salamis and AEL know what's at stake in this second leg of the Cyprus Cup Quarter-finals clash.
These are active days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the 1. Division. This match was also played here at Stadio Ammochostos Epistrofi. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, AEL have had more rest.
Nea Salamis form and stats
Last season, Salamis's Cyprus Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Nea Salamis have collected 20 points from their 1. Division home games so far after 6-2-5.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Nea Salamis, who played 2-2 against Olympiakos. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Ammochostos Epistrofi). The hometeam coach Poursaitidis made a successful contribution in the game against Olympiakos, bringing on Ribeiro who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Heartbreak before that as Nea Salamis lost 0-3 at Aris's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Salamis as they are travelling to their away game against APOEL in the 1. Division. That match is four days after this one.
Nea Salamis has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Salamis have conceded 17 in these home matches.
AEL form and stats
AEL's mission in Cyprus Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Omonia Nicosia.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
AEL has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Anorthosis for a 1-1 draw.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against AEK Larnaca in the 1. Division.After this away game AEL return home for a 1. Division game against Apollon. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of AEL when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's not easy to score on AEL as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the contenders played each other earlier this season; AEL - Salamis 1-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Nea Salamis won five games, one match ended with a draw and AEL managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Dorregaray 5 goals | L. Teixeira Ribeiro 4 goals | A. Diakite 4 goals |
Nea Salamis missing players
AEL missing players
| Nea Salamis | AEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 40% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 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 | Apollon | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 38 |
| 7 | Omonia Nicosia | 25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 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 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -24 | 15 |
| 14 | Akritas | 25 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -34 | 12 |
