This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, good and bad leading to mid-table spots so far. Let's get ready for Omonia Nicosia - AEL!
- Omonia Nicosia have the most scored goals (22) at home in 1. Division
- AEL have the fewest points from losing position (0) in 1. Division
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
This stadium, Neo GSP, has been a fortress for Omonia Nicosia in the 1. Division so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-0-1. Omonia Nicosia has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Neo GSP. We remember; it was Nea Salamis.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Francis Odinaka Uzoho not having conceded a league goal in 280 minutes.
Omonia Nicosia's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Doxa (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Enosis.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 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
It should be added that a peek at the 15 latest league games shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 9 games), Nicosia's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Omonia Nicosia have only let in {3 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
AEL form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. AEL goalkeeper Muriel Gustavo Becker is eager to challenge this, with his 495 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
AEL delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Apollon in their previous game; a Cyprus Cup duel.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus APOEL in the 1. Division.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 AEL playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.
Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's latest 10 league rounds have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. AEL are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head match ended AEL - Nicosia 1-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Omonia Nicosia victories, four draws and one AEL win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Souza da Silva 7 goals |  A. Kakoullis 6 goals |  R. Bezus 3 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
AEL missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | AEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 30 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 76% |
| 78% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 28% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 24% |
| 50% | 78% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 62% | 59% |
| 28% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 4.7 | 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.4 | 8.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 29% | 24% |
| 10.8 | 8.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 9.8 | 9.4 |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
- AEL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AEL have the fewest points from losing position (0) in 1. Division
- AEL have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Omonia Nicosia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Omonia Nicosia have scored more than double the goals of AEL.
- Omonia Nicosia have the most scored goals (22) at home in 1. Division
- Omonia Nicosia have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in 1. Division
- Omonia Nicosia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | AEK Larnaca | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | APOEL | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 40 |
| 3 | Paphos | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 25 | 38 |
| 4 | Aris | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Apollon | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | AEL | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | Anorthosis | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Enosis | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 12 | Doxa | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -16 | 12 |
| 13 | Akritas | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -21 | 11 |
| 14 | Olympiakos | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -20 | 10 |
