Match details. Cy1, League Stage - 2. Kick-off is Thu 15 Oct, 17:45 Lagos time. It is played at Stadion Z’dežele, Celje. The referee is Elcin Masiyev.
What's at stake. NK Celje are 31st on 0 points after 1 game, level on points with AC Milan, level on points with Marseille. A win would take them above AC Milan. AC Omonia Nicosia are 16th on 3 points after 1 game, level on points with Sunderland, 2 points clear of Sturm Graz. A win would take them above Sunderland.
Team news. NK Celje are without J. Pisek (knee injury), J. Pisek (knee injury). AC Omonia Nicosia are without A. Christou (inactive), C. Eiting (knee injury), F. Kitsos (knee injury), L. Brouwers (inactive), A. Christou (inactive), C. Eiting (knee injury).
Form. NK Celje have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D L L L. In this competition NK Celje have gone L. AC Omonia Nicosia have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W W D W.
The numbers. NK Celje score 1.1 and concede 1.1 a game over their last ten, with four clean sheets and three games without a goal. NK Celje average 10.7 shots (3.6 on target), 2.0 corners and 2.1 cards a game, with 59% of the ball. AC Omonia Nicosia score 1.7 and concede 0.6 a game over their last ten, with five clean sheets and four games without a goal. AC Omonia Nicosia average 15.3 shots (6.8 on target), 6.7 corners and 1.6 cards a game, with 48% of the ball.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their xG points to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 35%.
The case against. NK Celje's record still gives them 30% to win. Not everything agrees on goals: their xG points to an open game.
The read. AC Omonia Nicosia or the draw. A draw is live. A tight game. Their goals for and against make AC Omonia Nicosia the likelier winners; AC Omonia Nicosia are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour AC Omonia Nicosia. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 35%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 3.5 Goals (the signs point different ways); AC Omonia Nicosia 1UP (no side to back); 1X2 - 2UP: AC Omonia Nicosia (no side to back). Predicted score: NK Celje 1-1 AC Omonia Nicosia (9% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and a tight game).