Football match betting preview: AEK Larnaca vs Omonia Nicosia

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Fri 16.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: AEK Arena - George Karapatakis (1000 seats)

A look at the 1. Division table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's a lot more data available. Check out our AEK Larnaca - Omonia Nicosia preview!

Insights:
  • AEK Larnaca have the most points (19) at home in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

AEK Larnaca and Omonia Nicosia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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AEK Larnaca form and stats

AEK Larnaca have been outstanding at home so far in the 1. Division with 6 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Larnaca has won six games in a row. The APOEL match was the last time out without a victory.

The AEK Larnaca goalkeeper Kenan Piric is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. Division.

A good away victory last time out for AEK Larnaca, who won 1-0 against Doxa (placed 11th).

Before that match, a win away at Enosis.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 12 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Goals decide football matches and Larnaca are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Defensively AEK Larnaca have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Omonia Nicosia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Omonia Nicosia so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Omonia Nicosia have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Francis Odinaka Uzoho. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in 1. Division.

Nicosia won their last game, 1-0 versus Akritas played at home. Bezus came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Akritas last time out, making the manager Ferrera feel like a tactical genius.

Before that, Omonia Nicosia secured a home win against Karmiotissa with the score 4-0.

Omonia Nicosia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Look out: 10 of the latest 11 league fixtures featuring this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Omonia Nicosia as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Nicosia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also faced each other previously this season: Omonia Nicosia - AEK Larnaca 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AEK Larnaca two wins, two draws and Omonia Nicosia six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Omonia NicosiaB. Souza da Silva
B. Souza da Silva
5 goals
AEK LarnacaO. Altman
O. Altman
4 goals
LarnacaÁ. Gyurcsó
Á. Gyurcsó
4 goals

AEK Larnaca missing players

Omonia Nicosia missing players

AEK Larnaca Omonia Nicosia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 3 7 14
10 6 4 Won W 0 1 7
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
3 0 0 Lost L 2 5 6
24 15 7 Scored S 1 4 22
9 2 0 Conceded C 8 12 15
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 43% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 71%
43% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 50%
29% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 36%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
29% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 21%
57% 86% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 43%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 36%
 
5.6 5.3 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 5.5
3.9 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.4 4.4
2.1 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
12.3 15.3 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.6 11.1
5.6 7.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 5
31% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 17% 31%
 
10.1 9.6 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.9 10.6
3.9 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 6.1 4.1
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • AEK Larnaca have not yet lost a game at home.
  • AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Larnaca have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Omonia Nicosia have scored away.
  • AEK Larnaca have the most clean sheets (6) at home in 1. Division
  • AEK Larnaca have the most points (19) at home in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Omonia Nicosia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Omonia Nicosia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 APOEL 14 10 3 1 21 5 7 3 3 1 8 2 7 7 0 0 13 3 16 33
2 Paphos 14 9 4 1 30 8 7 5 1 1 14 3 7 4 3 0 16 5 22 31
3 AEK Larnaca 14 10 1 3 24 9 7 6 1 0 15 2 7 4 0 3 9 7 15 31
4 Aris 14 9 3 2 28 11 7 3 2 2 14 9 7 6 1 0 14 2 17 30
5 Omonia Nicosia 14 7 1 6 22 15 7 6 0 1 18 3 7 1 1 5 4 12 7 22
6 Apollon 13 6 4 3 12 10 6 3 1 2 6 6 7 3 3 1 6 4 2 22
7 Nea Salamis 14 6 1 7 14 18 7 3 1 3 8 11 7 3 0 4 6 7 -4 19
8 Anorthosis 14 5 3 6 13 17 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 3 1 3 6 9 -4 18
9 AEL 13 4 3 6 10 11 7 2 1 4 4 7 6 2 2 2 6 4 -1 15
10 Karmiotissa 14 4 3 7 10 23 7 3 1 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 3 15 -13 15
11 Doxa 14 3 2 9 10 20 7 1 0 6 3 10 7 2 2 3 7 10 -10 11
12 Enosis 14 3 2 9 9 21 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 1 0 6 3 14 -12 11
13 Olympiakos 14 1 5 8 10 27 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 0 2 5 5 18 -17 8
14 Akritas 14 2 1 11 7 25 7 2 0 5 5 15 7 0 1 6 2 10 -18 7