Olympiakos will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Omonia Nicosia.
The hosts Olympiakos saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Cyprus Cup. That game was an away game at Anorthosis, so at least Olympiakos are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Omonia Nicosia are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Olympiakos form and stats
2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Olympiakos have to build on here at Makareio Stadio in the 1. Division. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Olympiakos, their manager P. Christodoulou and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The fans are hoping that Olympiakos will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Cyprus Cup game against Anorthosis (placed 1st). Before that, Olympiakos played out a 1. Division draw 1-1 when visiting Paphos.
Olympiakos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Olympiakos have conceded 9 goals.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (11) in 1. Division, on their 1. Division travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Omonia Nicosia have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in 1. Division.
Omonia Nicosia go into this game after a win, the home game against Anorthosis that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Ermis in the Cyprus Cup.
Omonia Nicosia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Omonia Nicosia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Omonia Nicosia - Olympiakos 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Olympiakos, 3 draws and 7 wins for Omonia Nicosia. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Derbyshire 8 goals |   J. Ayité 6 goals |  P. Zachariou 5 goals |
Olympiakos missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| Olympiakos | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 27 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 65% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 35% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | 42 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 88 | 178 |
| 60 | 22 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 40 | 77 |
| 35% | 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 32% | 30% |
- Olympiakos has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
- Omonia Nicosia has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Omonia Nicosia has the most clean sheets (11)
- Omonia Nicosia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Omonia Nicosia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Apollon | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | APOEL | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 31 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | AEL | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Paphos | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Ethnikos Achna | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 14 |
| 11 | Enosis | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -16 | 12 |
| 12 | Doxa | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -24 | 8 |