The league table is allowed to rest as Anorthosis and Omonia Nicosia battle for Cyprus Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
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!
Anorthosis form and stats
The club members are hoping that Anorthosis will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against AEK Larnaca.
A 1-1 draw away in the 1. Division before that, with Aris the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Anorthosis perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Anorthosis as a small favourite), we find eight games. Anorthosis has won five of these, drawn two and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Apollon are coming to town in four days.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
They also participated in Cyprus Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when APOEL drew the shortest straw.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ethnikos Achna in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Ethnikos Achna in the 1. Division.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Omonia Nicosia in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Omonia Nicosia, four draws and one defeat.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - six - three (Anorthosis wins - draws - Omonia Nicosia wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Christodoulopoulos 9 goals |  A. Warda 9 goals |   F. Papoulis 5 goals |
Anorthosis missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| Anorthosis | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 33 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
