Cyprus vs Greece Match Preview

The Cypriot national team welcomes the Greek national team on the fifth matchday of the second group for the third division of the UEFA Nations League at the "AEK Arena".

The hosts have drawn twice against Northern Ireland and lost twice to Greece and Kosovo in their first four matches played in June. Temur Ketsbaia is now the Head coach of the Cypriot National Team after a rather mediocre period of Nikos Kostenoglou. Ketsbaia is obviously quite experienced in both the Cypriot and Greek leagues. In his debut, he will try to change the mentality of his players and get a victory that will help Cyprus to remain in the third division.

The visitors, on the other hand, have no real motivation beyond prestige against their 'brothers' from Cyprus, without meaning that they will not chase the victory which will be their fifth in as many games. The 'blue and whites' have so far not conceded a goal and scored seven times, an outcome that rewards the work done by Gustavo Poyet, so they have also mathematically secured the top spot in the group.

In conclusion, I think that the Greek internationals will definitely be less motivated than their Cypriot collegues who fight to secure a spot in the new coach's squad, so the offered odds at 2.30 for +0.5 asian handicap for the home team seems overpriced to me and I will stake 3 units.