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Omonia vs Benfica: match report

Omonia Nicosia hosted Benfica at GSP Stadium on Thursday 22 October 2026, in the Europa League (round 3). Omonia are without 2 players (Carel Eiting, Fotis Kitsos); Benfica are missing 3 (Daniel Banjaqui, Jakub Kamiński, Enzo Barrenechea). Jasper Vergoote is the referee, averaging 3.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Omonia 1-4 Benfica. Goals: Loïc Négo 14' (own goal) for Benfica; Andronikos Kakoulis 42' for Omonia; Vangelis Pavlidis 49' for Benfica; Fredrik Aursnes 76' for Benfica; Gianluca Prestianni 85' for Benfica. Attendance: 14,378.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 14' Own goal: Loïc Négo (Benfica) 0-1
  • 42' Goal: Andronikos Kakoulis (Omonia) 1-1
  • 49' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) 1-2
  • 62' Yellow card: Tomás Araújo (Benfica)
  • 76' Goal: Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) 1-3
  • 83' Yellow card: João Palhinha (Benfica)
  • 85' Goal: Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) 1-4
  • 88' Yellow card: Souffian El Karouani (Benfica)
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica)
  • 90'+3' Yellow card: Loïs Diony (Omonia)
Match stats (contains the result)
35.7%Possession64.3%
7Shots23
5Shots on target10
4Corners5
12Fouls11
2Offsides1
7Saves4
1Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Omonia 4-4-2

Coach: Henning Berg

  1. 40 Fabiano GK
  2. 77 Loïc Négo DEF
  3. 93 Jean-Kévin Duverne DEF
  4. 37 Lubomír Šatka DEF
  5. 29 Jure Balkovec DEF
  6. 11 Ewandro FWD
  7. 74 Panagiotis Andreou MID
  8. 14 Mateo Marić MID
  9. 7 Jaden Montnor FWD
  10. 9 Andronikos Kakoullis FWD
  11. 17 Florin Tănase MID

Bench

  • 20 Luuk Brouwers MID
  • 99 Loïs Diony FWD
  • 21 Mihlali Mayambela FWD
  • 82 Andreas Christou MID
  • 85 Angelos Neofytou FWD
  • 78 Pantelis Michail GK
  • 1 Thomas Kaminski GK
  • 90 Christos Konstantinidis DEF
  • 92 Panagiotis Christoforou DEF
  • 27 Stefan Simič DEF
  • 22 Muamer Tanković MID

Benfica 4-2-3-1

Coach: Marco Silva

  1. 1 Anatoliy Trubin GK
  2. 6 Alexander Bah DEF
  3. 3 Alessandro Circati DEF
  4. 44 Tomás Araújo DEF
  5. 34 Souffian El Karouani DEF
  6. 8 Fredrik Aursnes MID
  7. 16 Manu Silva MID
  8. 27 Rafa Silva MID
  9. 30 Claudio Echeverri FWD
  10. 21 Andreas Schjelderup FWD
  11. 14 Vangelis Pavlidis FWD

Bench

  • 10 Georgiy Sudakov MID
  • 36 João Palhinha MID
  • 25 Gianluca Prestianni FWD
  • 72 Anísio Cabral FWD
  • 11 Dodi Lukébakio FWD
  • 24 Samuel Soares GK
  • 2 Clément Lenglet DEF
  • 33 Gabriel Índio DEF
  • 26 Samuel Dahl DEF
  • 77 Gonçalo Moreira MID
  • 62 José Neto MID
  • 73 Miguel Figueiredo MID
  • 88 Tiago Freitas MID

Injuries and suspensions

Omonia

  • Carel Eiting injury, back Unknown
  • Fotis Kitsos injury, back Early November 2026

Benfica

  • Daniel Banjaqui injury, back Early November 2026
  • Jakub Kamiński injury, back Day to day
  • Enzo Barrenechea injury, back Early November 2026