Omonia Nicosia 1-4 Benfica: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 22 October 2026

Result

Omonia Nicosia 1-4 Benfica

Europa League · Thursday 22 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Neo GSP (Nicosía (Levkosía)), Levkosía · half-time 1-1

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Omonia Nicosia 1-4 Benfica: match report

Omonia Nicosia lost to Benfica 1-4 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 October 2026 at Neo GSP (Nicosía (Levkosía)). The half-time score was 1-1.

Omonia Nicosia's goal came from Andronikos Kakoullis (42'). Benfica scored through an own goal by Loïc Nego (14'), Vangelis Pavlidis (49'), Fredrik Aursnes (76') and Gianluca Prestianni (85').

Discipline: Omonia Nicosia received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Omonia Nicosia were 6th on 13 points from 6 and Benfica 3rd on 19 points from 8. In the current table Omonia Nicosia are 11th on 6 points and Benfica are 1st on 9 points.

Omonia Nicosia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vangelis Pavlidis of Benfica (7.8), level with Fredrik Aursnes (7.8).

Going into the match Omonia Nicosia's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Benfica's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Own goal · Loïc NegoBenfica · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Andronikos KakoullisOmonia Nicosia · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Tomás AraújoBenfica
  • 76'Goal · Fredrik AursnesBenfica · 1-3
  • 83'Yellow card · João PalhinhaBenfica
  • 85'Goal · Gianluca PrestianniBenfica · 1-4
  • 88'Yellow card · Souffian ElBenfica
  • 90'Yellow card · Gianluca PrestianniBenfica
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Loïs DionyOmonia Nicosia

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Benfica3300102+89WWW
11Omonia Nicosia320154+16WWL

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Team news

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Omonia Nicosia line-up (4-4-2)

Fabiano, Loïc Nego, Jean-Kévin Duverne, Lubomir Satka, Jure Balkovec, Ewandro Costa, Panagiotis Andreou, Mateo Maric, Jaden Montnor, Andronikos Kakoullis, Florin Tănase

Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Alessandro Circati, Tomás Araújo, Souffian El, Fredrik Aursnes, Manu Silva, Rafa Silva, Claudio Echeverri, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis

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