On the 18th of August, Omonia Nicosia will travel to Gent to battle Gent in a clash of the Europa League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Gent recorded a 3-1 win against KV Oostende. David Atanga struck first for KV Oostende in the 13th minute on a feed from Nick Batzner, then in the 24th minute, Sven Kums sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Hugo Cuypers But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 29th minute on a goal by Hong Hyeon-seok. Gent is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while omonia Nicosia has not played yet this season.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Andronikos Kakoullis has been the most prolific scorer on Omonia Nicosia in his last 5 matches with two goals. Gent’s most prolific scorer has been Hugo Cuypers. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.