Omonia Nicosia vs Apollon betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Thu 22.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Neo GSP (22859 seats)

Stats, patterns, recent fixtures, form, head to head, team selections and a lot else: Get all you want to know on Omonia Nicosia - Apollon!

Insights:
  • Omonia Nicosia have the most scored goals (18) at home in 1. Division
  • Apollon have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Division

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

Omonia Nicosia and Apollon should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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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 6-0-1. Ever since the Nea Salamis game Omonia Nicosia has been unbeatable here at Neo GSP producing four straight wins.

Omonia Nicosia faced defeat in their previous match, away at AEK Larnaca (1-2).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Akritas.

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 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1.

It should be noted that a look at the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Nicosia are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (18 goals in 7 games). Omonia Nicosia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.

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Apollon form and stats

As the visiting team in 1. Division matches, Apollon have produced an overall stat of 3-3-1 so far.

The Apollon goalkeeper Aleksandar Jovanovic is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 224 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The fans enjoyed Apollon's previous fixture versus Doxa (placed 11th), a 1-0 win played at home.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Enosis with the score of 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Apollon in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Apollon, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's most recent 11 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Apollon as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Apollon - Nicosia 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Omonia Nicosia three wins, two draws and Apollon five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Omonia NicosiaB. Souza da Silva
B. Souza da Silva
5 goals
ApollonI. Pittas
I. Pittas
4 goals
Omonia NicosiaA. Kakoullis
A. Kakoullis
3 goals

Omonia Nicosia missing players

Apollon missing players

Omonia Nicosia Apollon
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
7 6 1 Won W 1 3 7
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 4
7 1 1 Lost L 0 1 3
23 18 2 Scored S 2 6 13
17 3 1 Conceded C 1 4 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 50%
53% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 14%
33% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 36%
40% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 43%
33% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 21%
 
5.3 7.6 9 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6.9 6.1
4.1 3.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 3.7
1.7 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 1.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.3 13.7 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 13.9 11.9
5 6.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.1 4.7
31% 38% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 17% 20%
 
10.7 7.3 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 7.9 7.6
4.2 2.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.4 3.2
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Apollon have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Division
  • Apollon have the most matches under the total-line (12) in 1. Division
  • Apollon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Omonia Nicosia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Omonia Nicosia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Omonia Nicosia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Apollon have scored away.
  • Omonia Nicosia have the most scored goals (18) at home in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 APOEL 15 11 3 1 22 5 8 4 3 1 9 2 7 7 0 0 13 3 17 36
2 AEK Larnaca 15 11 1 3 26 10 8 7 1 0 17 3 7 4 0 3 9 7 16 34
3 Paphos 14 9 4 1 30 8 7 5 1 1 14 3 7 4 3 0 16 5 22 31
4 Aris 15 9 4 2 28 11 7 3 2 2 14 9 8 6 2 0 14 2 17 31
5 Apollon 14 7 4 3 13 10 7 4 1 2 7 6 7 3 3 1 6 4 3 25
6 Omonia Nicosia 15 7 1 7 23 17 7 6 0 1 18 3 8 1 1 6 5 14 6 22
7 Nea Salamis 15 7 1 7 16 19 7 3 1 3 8 11 8 4 0 4 8 8 -3 22
8 AEL 14 5 3 6 11 11 7 2 1 4 4 7 7 3 2 2 7 4 0 18
9 Anorthosis 15 5 3 7 13 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 3 1 4 6 10 -5 18
10 Karmiotissa 14 4 3 7 10 23 7 3 1 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 3 15 -13 15
11 Doxa 15 3 2 10 10 21 7 1 0 6 3 10 8 2 2 4 7 11 -11 11
12 Enosis 15 3 2 10 9 22 8 2 2 4 6 8 7 1 0 6 3 14 -13 11
13 Olympiakos 15 1 6 8 10 27 8 1 4 3 5 9 7 0 2 5 5 18 -17 9
14 Akritas 15 2 1 12 8 27 8 2 0 6 6 17 7 0 1 6 2 10 -19 7