Europa League match preview: Manchester United versus Omonia Nicosia

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 13.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

Omonia Nicosia have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Manchester United. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Omonia Nicosia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester United and Omonia Nicosia.

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Manchester United form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the final.

Manchester United must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Old Trafford. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.

Manchester United are returning here after visiting Everton and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Antony and Ronaldo scored the goal(s). The victory against Everton came after Ronaldo's winning goal. The United manager ten Hag was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 29th minute. The gifted forward Ronaldo bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Ronaldo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, a fine away victory at Omonia Nicosia. A Europa League match.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Manchester United as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Newcastle United are visiting.

Manchester United have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Omonia Nicosia form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs.

Playing away, Omonia Nicosia have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the 1. Division this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-0D-3L. This is both home and away.

Nicosia lost away at AEL (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

The game earlier was the Europa League-duel against Manchester United, a home loss (2-3).

After this away game Omonia Nicosia return home for a 1. Division game against Nea Salamis. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the final score Omonia Nicosia - United 2-3 written in the official records. Rashford loves to face Omonia Nicosia and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Omonia NicosiaB. Souza da Silva
B. Souza da Silva
4 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
3 goals
Manchester UnitedA. dos Santos
A. dos Santos
3 goals

Manchester United missing players

Omonia Nicosia missing players

Manchester United Omonia Nicosia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   10 25
12 6   Won W   5 13
3 3   Drew D   1 4
10 2   Lost L   4 8
40 23   Scored S   15 40
40 12   Conceded C   8 24
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
76% 91%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 80%
64% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 40%
48% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 20%
16% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 16%
52% 73%   BTTS BTTS   30% 36%
20% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 44%
28% 9%   Failed to Score F T   30% 28%
 
4.1 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.5
5 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.9
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 7.8
4.5 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
35% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 40%
 
12.1 13   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 10.3
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Sociedad 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 9
2 Manchester United 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 6
3 Sheriff 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 -1 3
4 Omonia Nicosia 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 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 Arsenal 9 8 0 1 23 10 5 5 0 0 14 7 4 3 0 1 9 3 13 24
2 Manchester City 9 7 2 0 33 9 5 5 0 0 24 5 4 2 2 0 9 4 24 23
3 Tottenham Hotspur 9 6 2 1 20 10 4 4 0 0 13 4 5 2 2 1 7 6 10 20
4 Chelsea 8 5 1 2 13 10 4 3 1 0 9 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 3 16
5 Manchester United 8 5 0 3 13 15 3 2 0 1 6 4 5 3 0 2 7 11 -2 15
6 Newcastle United 9 3 5 1 17 9 5 2 3 0 11 5 4 1 2 1 6 4 8 14
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 4 2 2 14 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 14
8 AFC Bournemouth 9 3 3 3 8 20 5 2 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 16 -12 12
9 Fulham 9 3 2 4 14 18 4 2 1 1 8 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -4 11
10 Liverpool 8 2 4 2 20 12 4 2 2 0 15 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 8 10
11 Brentford 9 2 4 3 16 17 4 2 1 1 10 6 5 0 3 2 6 11 -1 10
12 Everton 9 2 4 3 8 9 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 -1 10
13 West Ham United 9 3 1 5 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 2 4 -2 10
14 Leeds United 8 2 3 3 11 12 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 5 10 -1 9
15 Crystal Palace 8 2 3 3 10 12 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2 9
16 Aston Villa 9 2 3 4 7 11 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 0 2 3 3 8 -4 9
17 Southampton 9 2 1 6 8 17 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 1 0 4 3 11 -9 7
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 1 3 5 3 12 4 1 2 1 2 4 5 0 1 4 1 8 -9 6
19 Nottingham Forest 9 1 2 6 7 22 5 1 1 3 6 9 4 0 1 3 1 13 -15 5
20 Leicester City 9 1 1 7 15 24 4 1 1 2 7 5 5 0 0 5 8 19 -9 4
  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 6 4 2 0 14 2 3 3 0 0 8 0 3 1 2 0 6 2 12 14
2 Apollon 6 4 2 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 14
3 Aris 6 4 0 2 13 5 4 2 0 2 9 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 8 12
4 AEK Larnaca 6 3 1 2 9 5 3 2 1 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 10
5 Nea Salamis 6 3 1 2 6 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 2 4 0 10
6 Omonia Nicosia 6 3 0 3 10 6 2 2 0 0 7 2 4 1 0 3 3 4 4 9
7 APOEL 6 2 3 1 5 2 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 9
8 Doxa 6 2 1 3 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 4 2 1 1 4 3 -2 7
9 Anorthosis 6 2 1 3 5 9 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 4 5 -4 7
10 Karmiotissa 6 2 1 3 4 9 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 5 -5 7
11 Enosis 6 2 0 4 4 10 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 1 0 3 1 8 -6 6
12 AEL 6 1 2 3 3 5 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 -2 5
13 Akritas 6 1 1 4 3 11 3 1 0 2 1 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 -8 4
14 Olympiakos 6 1 1 4 2 10 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 6 -8 4

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.