1. Division match prediction and preview for Omonia Nicosia vs AEK Larnaca clash

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Thu 18.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Neo GSP (22859 seats)

1st position in the 1. Division table for Omonia Nicosia so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed AEK Larnaca visits Neo GSP.

Insights:
  • Omonia Nicosia have the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. Division

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Omonia Nicosia have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. AEK Larnaca have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 5th place no matter what happens.

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Omonia Nicosia form and stats

Omonia Nicosia, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. Division, are steadily winning 1. Division games and points here at Neo GSP. 9 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 13 games. Nicosia haven’t lost a league-game in 19 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Nea Salamis, 116 days ago.

Nicosia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at AEL's place. The match ended 2-1 with M. Šćepović and L. Loizou scoring. Preceding that match was a Cyprus Cup defeat to APOEL (0-1).

Nicosia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Defensively Nicosia have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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AEK Larnaca form and stats

4-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AEK Larnaca in their 1. Division matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Avgousti, the Larnaca manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

AEK Larnaca might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Apollon proved too strong as AEK Larnaca slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at AEK Arena - George Karapatakis. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Olympiakos.

Larnaca find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, AEK Larnaca have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the AEK Larnaca - Nicosia 0-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Nicosia wins - draws - AEK Larnaca wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK LarnacaI. Trichkovski
I. Trichkovski
12 goals
Omonia NicosiaE. Asante
E. Asante
8 goals
NicosiaF. Papoulis
F. Papoulis
7 goals

Omonia Nicosia missing players

AEK Larnaca missing players

Omonia Nicosia AEK Larnaca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
18 9 2 Won W 0 4 13
9 5 2 Drew D 0 3 5
2 0 0 Lost L 4 7 11
46 19 4 Scored S 1 15 38
14 4 2 Conceded C 10 18 31
83% 71% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
66% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 72%
45% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 57% 59%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 17%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
38% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 41%
59% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 38%
21% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.4 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 9.6 11
4.6 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 4.4 5.1
35% 31% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 26%
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Omonia Nicosia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Omonia Nicosia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Omonia Nicosia have the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have the most clean sheets (10) at home in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have the most clean sheets (17) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Omonia Nicosia 26 16 8 2 43 13 13 9 4 0 19 4 13 7 4 2 24 9 30 56
2 AEL 26 17 4 5 45 23 13 12 1 0 32 8 13 5 3 5 13 15 22 55
3 Apollon 26 16 6 4 52 22 13 9 2 2 24 10 13 7 4 2 28 12 30 54
4 Anorthosis 26 15 6 5 37 21 13 10 2 1 21 8 13 5 4 4 16 13 16 51
5 AEK Larnaca 26 12 5 9 36 25 13 8 2 3 21 10 13 4 3 6 15 15 11 41
6 Olympiakos 26 10 4 12 27 38 13 4 2 7 12 17 13 6 2 5 15 21 -11 34
7 Paphos 26 8 8 10 30 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 1 5 7 5 12 3 32
8 APOEL 26 8 6 12 27 31 13 4 4 5 15 15 13 4 2 7 12 16 -4 30
9 Doxa 26 7 9 10 24 32 13 5 5 3 14 13 13 2 4 7 10 19 -8 30
10 Nea Salamis 26 8 5 13 29 38 13 5 3 5 20 19 13 3 2 8 9 19 -9 29
11 Enosis 26 6 6 14 22 39 13 3 4 6 10 18 13 3 2 8 12 21 -17 24
12 Ermis 26 5 9 12 18 38 13 2 6 5 10 19 13 3 3 7 8 19 -20 24
13 Ethnikos Achna 26 5 7 14 23 43 13 3 2 8 11 21 13 2 5 6 12 22 -20 22
14 Karmiotissa 26 3 9 14 22 45 13 2 6 5 8 16 13 1 3 9 14 29 -23 18