Omonia Nicosia and Anorthosis are both riding high in the 1. Division with their 2nd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Omonia Nicosia, who have the most clean sheets (10) in 1. Division, are steadily winning 1. Division games and points here at GSP Stadium. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
Omonia Nicosia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ermis's place. The match ended 5-0 with M. Tzionis (2), N. Fedor and H. Ezra scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a 1. Division home game that ended 0-0 versus Paphos.
As mentioned above, Omonia Nicosia "killed" Ermis in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Omonia Nicosia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Cyprus Cup game versus Ermis in only three days. This game is also played here at GSP Stadium.
The Omonia Nicosia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Omonia Nicosia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Anorthosis form and stats
Anorthosis's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Anorthosis, who have the most scored goals (34) in 1. Division, collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the 1. Division. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
236 minutes! That's how long the Anorthosis goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Anorthosis are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Olympiakos (placed 8th). Before that, Anorthosis secured a home win against APOEL with the score 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Anorthosis playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were 1 Anorthosis win, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Anorthosis have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. It's not easy to score on Anorthosis as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Anorthosis - Omonia Nicosia 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Omonia Nicosia won 2 games, 5 matches ended with a draw and Anorthosis has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6Top Goalscorers
  R. Rayos Serna 14 goals |   M. Derbyshire 8 goals |  N. Katcharava 5 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
Anorthosis missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 34 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 69% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 60% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 178 | 90 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 82 | 179 |
| 77 | 37 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 40 | 82 |
| 30% | 27% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 41% |
- Anorthosis has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Anorthosis has the most scored goals (15) away
- Anorthosis has the most scored goals (34)
- Anorthosis has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
- Anorthosis has the the best goal difference (+25)
- Anorthosis has the the best goal difference (+9) away
- Anorthosis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Anorthosis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Omonia Nicosia has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Omonia Nicosia has the most clean sheets (10)
- 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 | Anorthosis | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Apollon | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | APOEL | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 28 |
| 5 | AEL | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Nea Salamis | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 7 | AEK Larnaca | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 14 |
| 10 | Paphos | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | Enosis | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 12 | Doxa | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -21 | 8 |