Drita vs Omonia prediction: EUROPE: Conference League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-10-22 16:45.
[p]Drita host Omonia Nicosia on matchday two of the UEFA Conference League, with both sides targeting their first victory in this season’s league phase.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Drita marked their European league phase debut with a creditable 1-1 draw away at Finnish side KuPS, recovering after going a goal down. The Kosovan champions are experiencing a resurgence in form following a run of only one defeat in their previous six games across all competitions (W4, D1), and will be targeting a third consecutive victory here after claiming successive 2-1 domestic wins since their Conference League opener. They’ve been heavily reliant on their attackers pulling them through in recent weeks though, as Drita haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last nine games.[/p]
[p]Omonia are in a similar vein of form, with only one defeat in their previous seven outings (W5, D1) after a 2-1 win in the Cypriot league on Sunday, but boss Henning Berg would have been left frustrated by a 1-0 home defeat to Mainz in their league phase opener. That leaves Omonia with only one win in eight previous main draw matches (D2, L5), and things are unlikely to get much better on the road, where they went winless in four games in last season’s Conference League proper (D1, L3), drawing three scoring blanks in as many league-phase away outings.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Thursday’s match marks the first-ever H2H between the two clubs, with neither Drita nor Omonia having previously faced Cypriot or Kosovan opposition respectively. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of the last six games Drita hosted saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Eight of Drita’s previous nine goals have come after half-time.[/p]
[p]Nine of Omonia’s last ten wins have been accompanied by a clean sheet.[/p]
[p]Eleven of Omonia’s last 13 away games saw over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Albert Dabiqaj netted the equaliser against KuPS in their Conference League league phase opener, while Drita are unbeaten in each of his last 11 goalscoring appearances (W9, D2). Stevan Jovetić returned from injury at the weekend and has registered eight goal contributions (G5, A3) in his six appearances in Conference League qualifiers this season.[/p]
[p]Juan Camilo Mesa and Blerim Krasniqi are both expected to miss the game for the hosts, while Carel Eiting has missed Omonia’s last two matches. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Omonia’s recent struggles in the main draw of the competition, backing Drita to win represents a nice outsider punt. [/p]
[p][i]Author: James Hilsum[/i][/p]