Olympiakos will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Omonia Nicosia.
Omonia Nicosia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Olympiakos form and stats
When playing at home in the 1. Division, Olympiakos have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games.
A strong away win for Olympiakos against Ethnikos Achna the last match, as G. van Kessel (2) and V. Mantzis were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Apollon with the scoreline 0-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olympiakos as they are travelling to their away game against Enosis in the Cyprus Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Olympiakos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Olympiakos defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Things could have gone better for Omonia Nicosia in their 1. Division away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
Nicosia's previous game was their home loss versus PSV (1-2). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Enosis.
Late heartbreak for Omonia Nicosia in the PSV match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
A quick return to home after this game, as Omonia Nicosia are hosting Granada in the Europa League only four days away.
Omonia Nicosia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Omonia Nicosia have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympiakos zero wins, two draws and Omonia Nicosia eight victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Olympiakos missing players
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| Olympiakos | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | 36 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 23 | 67 |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 11 | 30 |
| 29% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 45% | 37% |
- All of Omonia Nicosia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Olympiakos have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Olympiakos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olympiakos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Omonia Nicosia have not yet lost a game.
- Omonia Nicosia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Omonia Nicosia have scored in all their away matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Apollon | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Anorthosis | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | AEL | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Doxa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Olympiakos | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Paphos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Ermis | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | APOEL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Enosis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
| 13 | Ethnikos Achna | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Nea Salamis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 3 |