The league table in 1. Division tells a story about these teams so far, with Omonia Nicosia leading Ethnikos Achna by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Omonia Nicosia and Ethnikos Achna.
Ethnikos Achna are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Omonia Nicosia, who have the most clean sheets (12) in 1. Division, have performed here at GSP Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 1. Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
Omonia Nicosia are confident in defense, having played 284 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Omonia Nicosia supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Doxa in Cyprus Cup and win 4-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Olympiakos and winning 2-0.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Omonia Nicosia home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
The Omonia Nicosia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Omonia Nicosia have only let in 3 goals at home.
Ethnikos Achna form and stats
Ethnikos Achna, who have the most conceded goals (24) away in 1. Division, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 1-2-6 (9 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Ethnikos Achna, who have now gone 13 games without a victory. The Apollon game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Ethnikos Achna as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Paphos match.
Ethnikos Achna go into this game after a win, the home game against Digenis Morphou that ended 3-0. The game before that, in the 1. Division, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Paphos.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Ethnikos Achna played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.
Ethnikos Achna find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Ethnikos Achna concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ethnikos Achna - Omonia Nicosia 1-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Omonia Nicosia victories, three draws and zero Ethnikos Achna wins. seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Derbyshire 10 goals |  T. Ferreira Dos Santos 4 goals |   J. Kostovski 4 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
Ethnikos Achna missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | Ethnikos Achna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 38 |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 56% | 39% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 44% | 28% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 61% |
| 67% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 178 | 90 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 62 | 155 |
| 77 | 37 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 29 | 66 |
| 32% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | 29% |
- All of Ethnikos Achna's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ethnikos Achna has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Ethnikos Achna has the most conceded goals (24) away
- Ethnikos Achna has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
- Ethnikos Achna has the the worst goal difference (-12) away
- Ethnikos Achna have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Ethnikos Achna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ethnikos Achna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ethnikos Achna have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ethnikos Achna haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Omonia Nicosia has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Omonia Nicosia has the most clean sheets (12)
- 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 40 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | APOEL | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 4 | Apollon | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | AEL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | AEK Larnaca | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Paphos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Enosis | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 14 |
| 12 | Doxa | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -27 | 8 |