This is where the action is, this is 1. Division and this is APOEL - Omonia Nicosia. Read our thorough preview!
- APOEL have the most matches over the total-line (6) in 1. Division
- Omonia Nicosia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Omonia Nicosia could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Qarabağ. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
APOEL form and stats
The story so far in the 1. Division for APOEL at their home stadium (Neo GSP) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for APOEL, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Simone Scuffet not having conceded a league goal in 226 minutes.
The home team returns to Neo GSP after being equal after 90 minutes with AEK Larnaca (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the 1. Division game ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, APOEL won a home game hosting AEL (3-0).This is expected to be a close game, with APOEL perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with APOEL as a small favourite), we find nine games. APOEL has won one of these, drawn five and lost three.
APOEL have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Neo GSP with 6 goals in 4 league matches. APOEL have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The Nicosia goalkeeper Francis Odinaka Uzoho is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 233 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nicosia are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Qarabağ. The draw against Qarabağ came from a losing position. The Nicosia manager H. Berg brought on Jordi Gómez as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Andronikos Kakoullis, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.11. Kakoullis hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Aris in the 1. Division.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nicosia playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Omonia Nicosia wins, three draws and one defeat.
The attacking power of Omonia Nicosia when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Omonia Nicosia have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (APOEL wins - draws - Omonia Nicosia wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kvilitaia 3 goals |  L. Vieira de Souza 3 goals |  T. Okriashvili 2 goals |
APOEL missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| APOEL | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 14.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 9.3 |
| 4.9 | 6.2 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 22% | 24% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 8.5 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 11.7 |
| 3.3 | 1.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
- APOEL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- APOEL have the most matches over the total-line (6) in 1. Division
- APOEL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | Apollon | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Aris | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympiakos | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| 5 | APOEL | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Paphos | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | AEL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Anorthosis | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Doxa | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | PAEEK | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Ethnikos Achna | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 5 |