Omonia Nicosia challenge Paphos for prestige and success.
Paphos could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Cyprus Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Omonia 29is Maiou. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
The hosts won their first 1. Division game here at Neo GSP, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Omonia Nicosia last season were 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from 5 games.
The Nicosia supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Doxa in 1. Division and win 2-1. Jordi Gómez was sent off in the Doxa game, in the 85th minute when Omonia Nicosia were losing. Miraculously the team were able to turn the game around despite the red card, winning 2-1 in the end. A late climax in the match against Doxa as the winning goal came eight minutes into overtime; scored by J. Lecjaks.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AEK Larnaca (1-2).At Neo GSP, Omonia Nicosia has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Paphos form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the 1. Division ended in defeat. Last season Paphos had these away match statistics: Played 7; won 5, drew 0 and lost 2.
Paphos play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Omonia 29is Maiou.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against AEK Larnaca in the 1. Division.It's early days yet, but Paphos has scored 0 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Omonia Nicosia four wins, two draws and Paphos four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Valakari 2 goals |  W. Semedo Johnson 2 goals |   J. Lecjaks 1 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
Paphos missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | Paphos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 7.5 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 12.7 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| Omonia Nicosia | Last season | Paphos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 58 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 86% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 64% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 50% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 5% | 20% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 10% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 35% | 48% | ||
| 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 25% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | AEK Larnaca | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | AEL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | PAEEK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Doxa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Paphos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Olympiakos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Aris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Omonia Nicosia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Anorthosis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | APOEL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Omonia Nicosia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 79 |
| 2 | Apollon | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 74 |
| 3 | AEL | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 68 |
| 4 | Anorthosis | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 57 |
| 5 | AEK Larnaca | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 50 |
| 6 | Olympiakos | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 47 |