Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between Omonia Nicosia and Olympiakos Piraeus

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 29.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Neo GSP (22859 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Champions League Play-offs, as the hometeam Omonia Nicosia will try to edge Olympiakos Piraeus in their own ballpark.

The visiting Olympiakos Piraeus played their last game only three days ago, a Super League match.

Olympiakos Piraeus have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Omonia Nicosia form and stats

Action has already taken place for Nicosia in Champions League as they have defeated Crvena Zvezda, Legia Warszawa and Ararat-Armenia to reach the Play-offs.

As mentioned below, Omonia Nicosia are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 1. Division games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Omonia Nicosia has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. There’s a good atmosphere here at Neo GSP after three straight home wins.

Nicosia lost their last game at Olympiakos Piraeus after a 0-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Omonia Nicosia won a home game hosting AEK Larnaca (2-1).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Omonia Nicosia at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.

The away team travel with confidence. Not since the PAOK game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympiakos has taken points from 22 away matches in a row. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Olympiakos Piraeus hope to make it five in this match.

Olympiakos have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jose Pedro Malheiro de Sa. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Olympiakos go into this game after a win, the home game against Panaitolikos that ended 2-0. Before that, Olympiakos secured a home win against Omonia Nicosia with the score 2-0.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Olympiakos Piraeus - Omonia Nicosia 2-0.

Omonia Nicosia missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Omonia Nicosia Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
14 8   Won W   8 19
8 2   Drew D   1 2
3 2   Lost L   2 4
46 26   Scored S   17 47
15 8   Conceded C   9 16
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
72% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   45% 68%
40% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 48%
16% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 24%
12% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   45% 36%
52% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 52%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   18% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
235 114   Total Shots T S   106 274
107 52   Shots on Target S O   48 130
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 36%

  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 4 3 1 0 11 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 9 1 9 10
2 AEK Larnaca 5 3 1 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 10
3 AEL 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 9
4 Omonia Nicosia 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 8
5 Doxa 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
6 Anorthosis 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
7 APOEL 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
8 Olympiakos 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
9 Karmiotissa 5 1 2 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 -2 5
10 Ethnikos Achna 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 4
11 Nea Salamis 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
12 Ermis 4 1 0 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 -7 3
13 Paphos 4 0 2 2 4 6 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 2
14 Enosis 5 0 0 5 2 10 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 1 6 -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 Olympiakos Piraeus 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
2 Aris 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 PAOK 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
4 OFI 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Volos NFC 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
6 AEK Athens 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Asteras Tripolis 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
8 Atromitos 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
9 Panaitolikos 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 1
12 Larissa 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Panathinaikos 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Lamia 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.