Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — APOEL 5th with 43 points, Nea Salamis 7th with 26, 17 apart. Nea Salamis's recent output lagged their position: 23rd on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Against a league average of 2.33 goals per team per game, Nea Salamis ran at 4.43 scored and 8.86 conceded, APOEL at 2 and 0.96.
Nea Salamis entered with three losses in a row.
The sides have met 35 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Nea Salamis, 3 draws and 31 for APOEL, at 2.97 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 63% of the meetings produced three or more.
Stadio Ammochostos Epistrofi in Larnaca, capacity 5,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Nea Salamis: Victor Fernandez (64') · APOEL: Youssef El Arabi (81')