Omonia Nicosia thrash Celje 3-0 in Europa League

Omonia Nicosia secured a big 3-0 win over hosts Celje, in the match played as part of the second round of the league phase in the Europa League, at 19:45 Damascus time.

Jaden Sean Montnor opened the scoring for Omonia Nicosia in the 16th minute, before Muamer Tankovic added the second goal in the 59th minute, with Senou Coulibaly completing the three goals in the 84th minute.

The match saw no red cards, but referee Elcin Masiyev showed 4 yellow cards to Celje players compared to two yellow cards for Omonia Nicosia players.

Muamer Tankovic was named man of the match with a rating of 7.77, after playing for 69 minutes and scoring one goal.

In terms of statistics, Celje dominated possession with 61 percent against 39 percent for Omonia Nicosia, and completed 671 passes compared to 428 passes for their visitors. In terms of shots, Omonia Nicosia recorded 14 shots, 6 of them on target, compared to 13 shots for Celje, only two of them on target, while the expected goals rate stood at 2.13 for Omonia Nicosia against 1 for Celje.

With this result, Omonia Nicosia raised their tally to 3 points to sit in 16th place in the standings, having played one match, won it, scored one goal and conceded none. In contrast, Celje remained without points in 31st place, after losing their match in which they scored one goal and conceded two.