📊 Form Guide

Nea Salamis

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Nea Salamis will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 0-3 First Division loss in their previous game against Ethnikos Achna.

Paris Psaltis (38', 67') was the scorer for Ethnikos Achna.

A common characteristic of more recent Nea Salamis games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

Taking their prior six clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would have been a loser.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Nea Salamis:

• have not emerged victorious against APOEL in their last 30 league games. A shocking run, it really is.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

APOEL

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APOEL will come into the meeting after a 3-0 First Division win to beat Karmiotissa in their previous game.

Looking at their form, and APOEL have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 8 goals in all. At the back, APOEL certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be sustained in this game.

Pre-game facts show that APOEL:

• haven't been defeated by Nea Salamis when having played them away from home in the previous 14 matches in the league. A simply stunning run of away results.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head meetings going back to 20/05/2021 tells us that these fixtures have not been good ones for Nea Salamis. They have not managed to get any wins at all while APOEL have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined total of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 2 of them for Erythrolefkoi and 14 coming from Thrylos. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league clash between the two was First Division match day 4 on 22/09/2024 when it finished APOEL 3-1 Nea Salamis.

🗞️ Team News: Nea Salamis

Konstantinos Koumpari (Knee injury), Konstantinos Sergiou (sprain) and Luciano Narsingh (Achilles tendon surgery) will not be taking part for Nea Salamis manager Čedomir Janevski.

🗞️ Team News: APOEL

APOEL manager Manolo Jiménez has to choose a team with limited availability. Cipriano (Muscle injury), Marquinhos (Muscle injury), Mateo Susic (Muscle injury), Kingsley Sarfo (Hamstring muscle injury) and Christos Karanatsios (Ankle ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💭 Prediction

It looks to us that APOEL have it within them to be able to score a couple when they meet Nea Salamis, who may well find it hard scoring a goal of their own.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 0-2 win for APOEL come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:02 08/01/2025