Football betting preview: Olympiakos vs Omonia Nicosia

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Mon 20.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Makareio Stadio (16000 seats)

Olympiakos are ready to ignore the league table ahead of this fixture versus Omonia Nicosia. Here's all you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have scored more than double the goals of Olympiakos.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

There haven't been much to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Cyprus Cup game only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Anorthosis, was also a home game here at Makareio Stadio. The away team is better rested.

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Olympiakos form and stats

With 1 1. Division win, 5 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Olympiakos are certainly not brimming with confidence. Olympiakos are slowly digging their own grave here at Makareio Stadio with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.

Olympiakos's previous match was a Cyprus Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-1 against Anorthosis. The home team hope to to continue in that form.

0-0 away at Doxa before that.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Olympiakos here at Makareio Stadio in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 11 games). 13 goals have been conceded.

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Omonia Nicosia form and stats

Omonia Nicosia have only collected 7 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 2-1-8 (11 played). Nicosia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Cyprus Cup home loss versus APOEL with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

A loss against Aris was the result prior to that, in a 1. Division home game.

Take note: 15 of the last 20 league games featuring this team have seen only one (or no) team 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 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Omonia Nicosia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest past meeting involving both these squads is the Omonia Nicosia - Olympiakos 4-0 played earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these teams: Olympiakos won three, Omonia Nicosia were winners in five and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Omonia NicosiaA. Kakoullis
A. Kakoullis
7 goals
Omonia NicosiaR. Bezus
R. Bezus
3 goals

Olympiakos missing players

Omonia Nicosia missing players

Olympiakos Omonia Nicosia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 11
8 5 2 Drew D 0 1 2
13 5 2 Lost L 1 8 10
13 6 2 Scored S 5 10 34
36 13 5 Conceded C 1 20 25
83% 73% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
65% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 74%
35% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 52%
17% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 26%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
39% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 30%
26% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 18% 48%
52% 55% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 26%
 
3 3 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.6
6.1 5.2 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.3 4.3
2.7 2.6 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
7.8 9 6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.2 10.3
3 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.5
19% 15% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 23% 33%
 
13.3 11.8 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12.6 10.3
5.5 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.9 4.2
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Olympiakos have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Olympiakos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olympiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Omonia Nicosia have scored more than double the goals of Olympiakos.
  • Omonia Nicosia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Omonia Nicosia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AEK Larnaca 24 17 3 4 42 18 12 10 2 0 25 8 12 7 1 4 17 10 24 54
2 APOEL 24 16 5 3 35 13 12 7 4 1 16 4 12 9 1 2 19 9 22 53
3 Aris 24 14 7 3 43 19 12 6 4 2 23 12 12 8 3 1 20 7 24 49
4 Paphos 23 14 6 3 45 16 12 8 2 2 26 10 11 6 4 1 19 6 29 48
5 Apollon 23 11 5 7 30 26 11 7 1 3 17 11 12 4 4 4 13 15 4 38
6 Nea Salamis 24 12 1 11 25 29 12 6 1 5 14 15 12 6 0 6 11 14 -4 37
7 Omonia Nicosia 23 11 2 10 34 25 12 9 1 2 24 5 11 2 1 8 10 20 9 35
8 AEL 23 10 4 9 20 17 12 7 1 4 13 9 11 3 3 5 7 8 3 34
9 Anorthosis 23 8 5 10 19 26 11 4 3 4 12 12 12 4 2 6 7 14 -7 29
10 Karmiotissa 24 7 6 11 22 35 12 3 3 6 10 15 12 4 3 5 12 20 -13 27
11 Enosis 24 5 3 16 16 35 12 2 2 8 7 16 12 3 1 8 9 19 -19 18
12 Doxa 24 3 6 15 13 33 12 1 3 8 3 14 12 2 3 7 10 19 -20 15
13 Olympiakos 23 2 8 13 13 36 11 1 5 5 6 13 12 1 3 8 7 23 -23 14
14 Akritas 24 3 3 18 14 43 12 3 0 9 8 23 12 0 3 9 6 20 -29 12