LEVKOSíA. Omonia Nicosia and Kairat didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday. Omonia Nicosia was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%)​.

J. Paulo didn’t score a decisive penalty (45′). That would have allowed Kairat to win the match.​

J. Paulo missed 1 penalty (45′ + 2′) for ​Kairat.

The match was played at the GSP Stadium stadium in Levkosía on Thursday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Genc Nuza assisted by Fatlum Berisha and Bujar Selimaj. The 4th official was Visar Kastrati.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Omonia Nicosia was in firm control of the ball 64% while Kairat was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Omonia Nicosia was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Omonia Nicosia to win the match​.

Omonia Nicosia shot 8 times, 0 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kairat shot 9 times, 0 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Omonia Nicosia didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Kairat received 7 yellow cards (D. Mikanovic, J. Goralski, R. Dugalic, S. Pokatilov, A. Abiken, M. Bagnack and S. Keiler).

Standings

After playing this match, Omonia Nicosia will have 4 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Kairat will have 2 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

Omonia Nicosia – Formation

Omonia Nicosia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Henning Berg decided to play with the following team: Francis Uzoho (8.1), Paris Psaltis (7.2), Ádám Lang (7.8), Nikolas Panagiotou (7.1), Jan Lecjaks (6.8), Eric Bauthéac (6.8), Fouad Bachirou (6.8), Charalambos Charalambous (7.4), Panagiotis Zachariou (6.4), Andronikos Kakoullis (7.1) and Michal Ďuriš (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: F. Papoulis, Tomáš Hubočan (6.5), A. Shehu, Iyayi Believe Atiemwen (6.6), K. Chorążka, A. Evangelou, M. Šćepović, M. Tzionis, A. Asimenos, Loizos Loizou (6.8), Mix Diskerud (7.0) and Jordi Gómez (7.0).

Substitutions

Omonia Nicosia made 5 changes: J. Lecjaks for T. Hubocan (57′), E. Bautheac for I. B. Atiemwen (57′), F. Bachirou for J. Gomez (57′), P. Zachariou for L. Loizou (64′) and C. Charalampous for M. Diskerud (76′).

Best player: Francis Uzoho​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Omonia Nicosia was the goalkeeper: Francis Uzoho. His rating is 8.12. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 3 saves.

Kairat – Formation

Kairat started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Kurban Berdyev played with: Stas Pokatilov (6.8), Dino Mikanović (7.0), Macky Frank Bagnack (6.9), Rade Dugalić (7.0), Nuraly Alip (6.9), Sergey Keiler (7.0), Nebojša Kosović (6.1), Jacek Góralski (6.9), Aibol Abiken (6.5), João Paulo (6.7) and Artur Shushenachev (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yerkebulan Seydakhmet (6.3), D. Ustimenko, D. Polyakov, A. Ulshin, Arsen Buranchiev (6.6), G. Alykulov, José Kanté (6.6) and D. Usenov.

Kairat could not rely on the presence of Kante (injured) and A. Buranchiev (injured).

Substitutions

Kairat made 3 changes: A. Abiken for Kante (72′), D. Mikanovic for A. Buranchiev (86′) and J. Paulo for Y. Seydakhmet (86′).

Best player: Artur Shushenachev​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kairat was Artur Shushenachev.

His rating is (7.1) with 10 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.​

• Omonia Nicosia – Kairat – 0-0
• Basel – Qarabağ – 3-0
• Vitesse – Mura – 3-1
• København – Slovan Bratislava – 2-0
• PAOK – Lincoln Red Imps – 2-0
• FC Union Berlin – Slavia Praha – 1-1
• Feyenoord – Maccabi Haifa – 2-1
• CFR Cluj – Jablonec – 2-0
• AZ – Randers – 1-0
• CSKA Sofia – Roma – 2-3
• Zorya – Bodø / Glimt – 1-1
• Partizan – Anorthosis – 1-1
• Gent – Flora – 1-0
• LASK Linz – HJK – 3-0
• Alashkert – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1-1