National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Omonia Nicosia or Karmiotissa that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football field has grass, which is not Karmiotissa's usual surface at their own pitch. When playing on grass Karmiotissa have performed like this: Played 29 matches with the results 8 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats with the goal difference 35-54 (scored/conceded).
The hosts Omonia Nicosia saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 1. Division. That game was an away game at APOEL, so at least Nicosia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Omonia Nicosia have collected 12 points from their 1. Division home games so far after 4-0-1.
Omonia Nicosia lost their last game at APOEL after a 0-4 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Nicosia suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that, Omonia Nicosia had a 1. Division home game versus Olympiakos which ended with a victory 4-0.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 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Nicosia as they have a new game in only four days, a 1. Division match thankfully also at home. Karmiotissa are visiting.
Omonia Nicosia are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Neo GSP in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. From these home matches, Omonia Nicosia have conceded only 3 goals.
Karmiotissa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Digenis Ypsonas in order to reach 2nd round of Cyprus Cup. Last season their Cyprus Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round against Onisilos.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Division travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Karmiotissa are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Doxa.
A 0-0 draw at Enosis's stadium before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Karmiotissa played away with similar odds. This revealed 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Karmiotissa manager Charalambous as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Omonia Nicosia.
Karmiotissa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 5 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Karmiotissa have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 6 latest meetings involving these teams have all finished as Omonia Nicosia victories. More of the same or streak broken?Top Goalscorers
  B. Souza da Silva 5 goals |   E. Zelaya 3 goals |  A. Kakoullis 2 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
Karmiotissa missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | Karmiotissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 26 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | ||
| 13.6 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paphos | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | APOEL | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Aris | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | Apollon | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Anorthosis | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Omonia Nicosia | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Nea Salamis | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Karmiotissa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | AEL | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Enosis | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Doxa | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 13 | Akritas | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -15 | 7 |
| 14 | Olympiakos | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -17 | 6 |
