Omonia Nicosia get ready to welcome Doxa for something different than the ordinary league football: The Cyprus Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Omonia Nicosia was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Cyprus Cup.Omonia Nicosia are steadily winning 1. Division games and points here. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Charalambos Kyriakides not having conceded a league goal in 284 minutes.
Omonia Nicosia are returning here after visiting Olympiakos in a 1. Division game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. M. Derbyshire (2) scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Anorthosis.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. Division game versus Ethnikos Achna in only three days. This game is also played here.
Omonia Nicosia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. As for guarding their own goal, Omonia Nicosia have only let in 3 goals at home.
Doxa form and stats
Doxa's mission in Cyprus Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Doxa have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 1. Division, after 1-2-6 (9 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Cyprus Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Recent form does not give Doxa much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Omonia Nicosia will be a tough nut to crack. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Doxa are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Doxa have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 332 minutes ago. I. de Carvalho Rocha Lima was the goal scorer.
Doxa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Anorthosis. A 0-3 loss hosting APOEL before that.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Doxa as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and four defeats. The outsiders lost four of these games by at least two goals.
The schedule is very tough for Doxa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 1. Division game at Nea Salamis is waiting in only four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Doxa's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. Doxa have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Omonia Nicosia won five, Doxa won three and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Derbyshire 10 goals |  T. Ferreira Dos Santos 4 goals |  É. Bauthéac 3 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
Doxa missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | Doxa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 28 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 18 | 43 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 44% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 225 | 106 | Total Shots | T S | 104 | 202 | ||
| 106 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 80 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 39 |
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 34 |
| 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 |