International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Omonia Nicosia and Crvena Zvezda are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the 3rd Qualifying Round.
The hosts Omonia Nicosia saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 1. Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Anorthosis.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
Omonia Nicosia have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Legia Warszawa and Ararat-Armenia.The story so far in the 1. Division for Omonia Nicosia at their home stadium (Neo GSP) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Omonia Nicosia bring valid hopes of a third.
An away draw last time out for Nicosia, facing Anorthosis in a game that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a 1. Division home match hosting Karmiotissa in a game that was won 1-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nicosia, as the 1. Division home game vs AEK Larnaca is only four days away.
At Neo GSP, Omonia Nicosia has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tirana and Europa FC in order to reach 3rd Qualifying Round of Champions League. Crvena's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.Crvena Zvezda are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Super Liga. Crvena have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena. Crvena Zvezda have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Two travels in a row for Crvena, whose manager D. Stankovic could celebrate last time after the Super Liga win against Cukaricki. Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Bačka Topola in the Super Liga.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vozdovac in just two days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Crvena Zvezda are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Crvena defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Nicosia victories, two draws and zero Crvena Zvezda wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Katai 4 goals |  M. Ivanić 3 goals |  E. Ben Nabouhane 3 goals |
Omonia Nicosia missing players
Crvena Zvezda missing players
| Omonia Nicosia | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 59 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 250 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 155 | 348 | ||
| 113 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 156 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Anorthosis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | AEK Larnaca | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | AEL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Omonia Nicosia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Doxa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | APOEL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Ethnikos Achna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Olympiakos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Karmiotissa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Paphos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Nea Salamis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Enosis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Ermis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 21 |
| 2 | Spartak Subotica | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | Partizan | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 15 |
| 4 | Radnicki Nis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Cukaricki | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Vojvodina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Mladost Lucani | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Vozdovac | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Javor Ivanjica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Inija | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Proleter Novi Sad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Bačka Topola | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Metalac GM | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Novi Pazar | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Backa Palanka | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Radnik Surdulica | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Macva Sabac | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | Zlatibor Cajetina | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 4 |
| 19 | Napredak | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 20 | Rad Beograd | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 3 |