It's advantage Omonia Nicosia so far with their 1st position in the 1. Division table, welcoming AEK Larnaca who are placed 6th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at GSP Stadium as Omonia Nicosia, who have the most clean sheets (9) in 1. Division, have scored 7 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the 1. Division are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Omonia Nicosia are confident in defense, having played 496 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Omonia Nicosia in their previous game, a 1. Division match away at Nea Salamis (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Omonia Nicosia won a home game hosting Doxa (2-0).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Omonia Nicosia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Omonia Nicosia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, Omonia Nicosia have only let in 1 goal at home.
AEK Larnaca form and stats
AEK Larnaca have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 1-3-2 (6 played). AEK Larnaca seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
AEK Larnaca are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the 1. Division against Paphos (placed 10th). Prior to that match, the AEK Larnaca manager faced defeat when travelling to Apollon and losing 1-3.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and AEK Larnaca playing away, we found four games. Results were 0 away wins, 3 draws and 1 home win.
AEK Larnaca have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, AEK Larnaca have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the AEK Larnaca - Omonia Nicosia 2-2 earlier this season. Omonia Nicosia-AEK Larnaca H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Omonia Nicosia 2 wins, AEK Larnaca 7 wins, 1 draw. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Trichkovski 15 goals |   Jordi Gómez 8 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
AEK Larnaca missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | AEK Larnaca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 85% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 69% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 31% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 69% | 83% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 134 | 60 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 33 | 121 |
| 62 | 28 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 17 | 53 |
| 31% | 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 40% |
- AEK Larnaca have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Omonia Nicosia has the most clean sheets (9)
- Omonia Nicosia have not yet lost a game at 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 | Omonia Nicosia | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Anorthosis | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Apollon | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | AEL | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | APOEL | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | AEK Larnaca | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Olympiakos | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 14 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Paphos | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 11 | Enosis | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 12 | Doxa | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -20 | 6 |