Sheriff and Omonia Nicosia get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Omonia Nicosia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 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 Sheriff and Omonia Nicosia.
Sheriff form and stats
Last season, Sheriff's Europa League journey ended in the knockout round play-offs.Sheriff are steadily winning National Division games and points here at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. 1W-2D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Sheriff.
The Sheriff club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Dacia-Buiucani and win 2-1.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Manchester United in the Europa League.
A decent goal production from Sheriff in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sheriff have only let in {3 goals} at home.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs.1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Omonia Nicosia playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-0D-5L. This is both home and away.
The followers enjoyed Omonia Nicosia's previous fixture versus Anorthosis, a 2-0 win played at home.
The fixture before that was the Europa League-battle against Real Sociedad, a home loss (0-2). We have checked recent matches where Nicosia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Omonia Nicosia manager Ferrera as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Aris.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Omonia Nicosia in these games.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the squads met previously this season; Omonia Nicosia - Sheriff 0-3.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Souza da Silva 5 goals |   I. Rasheed 4 goals |  S. Ambri 3 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| Sheriff | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 40% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| 7.6 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 12.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Sheriff | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | Sheriff | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 30 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 4 | CSF Balti | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Milsami | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Zimbru | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Dacia-Buiucani | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Dinamo-Auto | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -16 | 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 | Paphos | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 23 |
| 2 | Aris | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | APOEL | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Apollon | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | AEL | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Omonia Nicosia | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Anorthosis | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Enosis | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Karmiotissa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 12 | Doxa | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Olympiakos | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 5 |
| 14 | Akritas | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -13 | 4 |
