Omonia Nicosia — Benfica 1:4, 22 October: match result

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 3 Thursday 22 October · 19:00 UTC

Omonia Nicosia 10th · 6 pts LLWWW

1 : 4 1st half 1:1

Benfica 6th · 6 pts WWWWW

GSP Stadium · referee J. Vergoote

Match predictionValue

The sides to finish within two goals

88% · Benfica are unbeaten in 8 games

Prediction missed. We predicted “The sides to finish within two goals”, and the match finished 1:4.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Omonia Nicosia 33% draw 24% Benfica 43%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Benfica win, and the match finished 1:4. Fans backed Benfica win — they got it right.

fans 38 votes

Omonia Nicosia 37% draw 13% Benfica 50%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

L. Nego own goal 0-1 14'

A. Kakoullis assist: J. Montnor 1-1 42'

V. Pavlidis 1-2 49'

L. Brouwers for Costa Ewandro 50'

M. Mayambela for F. Tanase 61'

L. Diony for A. Kakoullis 61'

T. Araujo 62'

G. Sudakov for Rafa Silva 69'

G. Prestianni for C. Echeverri 69'

J. Palhinha for Manu Silva 69'

F. Aursnes 1-3 76'

Anisio for V. Pavlidis 77'

A. Christou for P. Andreou 81'

A. Neofytou for J. Montnor 81'

J. Palhinha 83'

D. Lukebakio for A. Schjelderup 83'

G. Prestianni assist: D. Lukebakio 1-4 85'

S. El Karouani 88'

G. Prestianni 90'

L. Diony 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Omonia Nicosia 4-4-2 4-2-3-1 Benfica

Fabiano  
Loic Négo  93 Jean-Kévin Duverne  37 Ľubomír Šatka  29 Jure Balkovec  
Ewandro Costa  74 Panagiotis Andreou  14 Mateo Marić  7 Jaden Montnor  
Andronikos Kakoullis  17 Florin Tănase  

Vangelis Pavlidis  
Rafa Silva  30 Claudio Echeverri  21 Andreas Schjelderup  
Fredrik Aursnes  16 Manu Silva  
Alexander Bah  3 Alessandro Circati  44 Tomás Araújo  34 Souffian El Karouani  
Anatoliy Trubin  

Omonia Nicosia bench

82Andreas Christou
85Angelos Neophytou
92Christoforou Panagiotis
90Christos Konstantinidis
99Loïs Diony
20Luuk Brouwers
21Mihlali Mayambela
22Muamer Tanković
78Pantelis Michail
27Stefan Simic
1Thomas Kaminski

Benfica bench

72Anísio Cabral
2Clément Lenglet
11Dodi Lukebakio
33Gabriel Indio
10Georgiy Sudakov
25Gianluca Prestianni
77Gonçalo Moreira
62José Neto
36João Palhinha
26Samuel Dahl
24Samuel Soares
88Tiago Freitas

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

36%Possession64%

7Shots23

5Shots on target10

2Shots off target6

0Blocked shots7

5Shots inside box14

2Shots outside box9

72Attacks141

24Dangerous attacks70

4Corners5

2Offsides1

12Fouls11

1Yellow cards4

7Saves4

395Passes710

325Accurate passes626

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Omonia Nicosia

BenficaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Omonia Nicosia and Benfica met on matchday 3 of the UEFA Europa League on 22 October at GSP Stadium. Final score — 1:4.

Omonia Nicosia sit 10th on 6 points after 8 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses), 3 matches without conceding. Benfica sit 6th on 6 points after 10 matches (8 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 9 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Omonia Nicosia last five Benfica

LLWWW form WWWWW

8 Matches 10

4 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 8 — 1 — 1

12 — 11 Scored — conceded 32 — 9

1.63 Points per game 2.5

1.5 Goals scored per game 3.2

3 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 0

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 9

Omonia Nicosia at home: 4 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 7—6, 2.25 points per match.

Benfica away: 5 matches, 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 11—5, 2 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Benfica	4	4	0	0	13—3	12
2	AFC Bournemouth	4	4	0	0	11—2	12
…
17	Rennes	4	1	3	0	4—3	6
18	Omonia Nicosia	4	2	0	2	6—7	6
19	Torreense	4	2	0	2	7—9	6

Full UEFA Europa League table