Omonia Nicosia welcomes Paphos to this second leg of the Cyprus Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Omonia Nicosia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus AEK Larnaca.
Ahead of that match, Omonia Nicosia lost 0-3 at home to Aris.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Omonia Nicosia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Paphos form and stats
Paphos was sent out of Cyprus Cup in the 2nd round last season, when Anorthosis turned out to be too strong.Paphos play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Apollon. Crazy, but true: this team has finished three consecutive league games with the score 1-1!
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus AEK Larnaca in the 1. Division.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Paphos in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Paphos, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Paphos have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Omonia Nicosia have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Paphos.These opponents have battled before this season: Paphos - Omonia Nicosia 1-1. Bezus (Nicosia) and Bezus (Omonia Nicosia) were sent off when these sides met previously this season. Will it be as hard this time? The games between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. de Macedo da Silva 17 goals | M. Tankovic 8 goals |  A. Kakoullis 7 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
Paphos missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | Paphos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 39 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 16% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
