Nea Salamis vs Chloraka Match Preview

Nea Salamina hosts Akritas Chlorakas in the 2nd matchday of the Cyprus league.

The home team are again competing at home in this matchday, since in the opening day where they beat Karmiotissa 1-2 they were typically the visitors. Although newly enlightened, Nea Salamina is a timeless team of the big division, but without a big budget compared to the other teams in the league. In the opening day they managed to get the three points with two long shots having a great commitment to the defensive tasks which I expect to happen today too since a defeat will erase the victory of the previous match.

On the other hand, the team of Akritas Chlorakas in their first appearance in the top league took the three points with 1-0 against Omonia Nicosia with a goal scored in the first quarter. The newcomers kept the lead without much danger while they were quite threatening on the counter-attacks and could make it 2-0 in the last twenty minutes when they had a numerical advantage. Unlike the home team, the team's budget is significantly higher than some teams in the division, due to the presence of an investor, which shows that the team will not return to the second division without fighting hard.

Taking into account the above, I expect the two teams to be quite careful, they both have three points but the set of odds should be more equaly divided. The possibility of the visitors not losing is valued at 2.00 which I consider high since it is an open match for me and I expected it at 1.70 at most. I will bet 3 units on the double chance X2 since it is a value bet.