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WOLNK Celje - Omonia Nicosia
Celje host Omonia with Europa League points at stake
NK Celje welcome Omonia Nicosia to Stadion Z'dežele on Thursday evening looking for their first points of the Europa League campaign. The hosts sit thirtieth in the table after an opening defeat, while the visitors occupy fifteenth with three points from their first match.
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The gap in the table
Celje opened with a 0-2 defeat to B04 in their most recent outing and have won just one of their last five matches across all competitions. Omonia arrive in better shape: three wins from their last five, including a 1-0 win in their most recent fixture. That win gave them three points from one Europa League game, and another three here would take them to six from two. Celje, by contrast, need a result to avoid starting the campaign with consecutive defeats, a draw would give them one point from two, a win three.
The market sees this as close to even. Both sides are given a 36 per cent chance of winning, with the draw at 28 per cent. That distribution suggests no clear favourite, despite Omonia sitting fifteen places higher in the table and carrying the better recent record. The numbers imply the home advantage offsets the form gap, or that Celje's opening defeat understates what they can produce at Stadion Z'dežele.
What the fixture requires
Celje have drawn once and lost three times in their last five. Omonia have lost once. What is certain is that Omonia have won their only Europa League fixture so far, and that Celje have lost theirs. A second defeat would leave the hosts on zero points from two games, with the campaign already tilting away from them before the halfway point of the league phase.
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