1. Division news and preview: Omonia Nicosia moderate favoured to top Aris

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Neo GSP (22859 seats)

Both participants are capable in this league, Aris holding a 9 point advantage on Omonia Nicosia in the tables. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Omonia Nicosia have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in 1. Division
  • Aris have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in 1. Division

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Omonia Nicosia form and stats

The complete 1. Division results playing at home this season for Omonia Nicosia are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Nicosia, who won 2-0 against Ethnikos Achna (placed 12th).

In the match before that, Nicosia hosted Basel and drew the Europa Conference League game 1-1.

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 Nicosia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost zero.

Nicosia are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Qarabag awaits in four days.

Nicosia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. Omonia Nicosia have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Aris form and stats

Playing away, Aris have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the 1. Division this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ayia Napa game have they lost an away game, meaning Aris has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.

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. Aris goalkeeper Vanailson Luciano de Souza Alves is eager to challenge this, with his 199 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from V. Kvashuk secured the home win 1-0 against AEK Larnaca in their previous game.

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

Aris are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. The Aris defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nicosia six wins, four draws and Aris zero victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArisM. Stępiński
M. Stępiński
5 goals
ArisM. Špoljarić
M. Špoljarić
3 goals
NicosiaF. Papoulis
F. Papoulis
2 goals

Omonia Nicosia missing players

Aris missing players

Omonia Nicosia Aris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 2 5 9
3 2 1 Won W 2 4 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
7 4 1 Scored S 3 8 12
7 3 0 Conceded C 1 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 89%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 44%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 33%
25% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 44%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 33%
 
5.2 6.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.2 3.9
3.2 3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.4
1.6 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.5 3.8 3.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.8 8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 10.6
4.2 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4
21% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 33%
 
10.9 10.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.4 7.6
4.9 5.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.2 2.7
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • Aris have not yet lost a game away.
  • Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Aris have the most points (13) away in 1. Division
  • Aris have the most scored goals (8) away in 1. Division
  • Aris have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in 1. Division
  • Aris have the the best goal difference (+6) away in 1. Division
  • Aris have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Omonia Nicosia have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in 1. Division
  • Omonia Nicosia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Apollon 9 7 0 2 16 8 5 4 0 1 12 7 4 3 0 1 4 1 8 21
2 AEK Larnaca 9 6 2 1 15 6 5 4 1 0 8 2 4 2 1 1 7 4 9 20
3 Aris 9 6 1 2 12 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 6 19
4 APOEL 9 4 1 4 11 12 4 3 0 1 6 2 5 1 1 3 5 10 -1 13
5 Anorthosis 8 4 0 4 10 11 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 1 0 3 4 7 -1 12
6 Olympiakos 9 3 3 3 6 7 5 2 1 2 4 5 4 1 2 1 2 2 -1 12
7 AEL 8 3 2 3 12 10 4 2 0 2 6 3 4 1 2 1 6 7 2 11
8 Omonia Nicosia 8 3 1 4 7 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 1 0 3 3 4 0 10
9 Paphos 9 2 4 3 10 11 5 2 3 0 9 3 4 0 1 3 1 8 -1 10
10 PAEEK 8 2 2 4 5 10 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 0 3 3 7 -5 8
11 Doxa 9 1 4 4 8 12 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 0 2 3 3 8 -4 7
12 Ethnikos Achna 9 0 2 7 7 19 4 0 1 3 3 10 5 0 1 4 4 9 -12 2