Omonia Nicosia vs Benfica 1-4
Benfica beat Omonia Nicosia 4-1 at GSP Stadium in the UEFA Europa League league stage on 22 October 2026. Loïc Nego put through his own goal in the 14th minute, Andronikos Kakoullis equalised for Omonia on 42 minutes, and Benfica then scored through Vangelis Pavlidis (49'), Fredrik Aursnes (76') and Gianluca Prestianni (85'). Benfica had 64% possession and 23 shots to Omonia's 7.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- 14'Loïc Nego · Own goal
- Andronikos Kakoullis assist Jaden Sean Montnor42'
- 49'Vangelis Pavlidis
- Ewandro for Luuk Brouwers50'
- Florin Tănase for Mihlali Mayambela61'
- Andronikos Kakoullis for Loïs Diony61'
- 62'Tomás Araújo · Yellow card
- 69'Claudio Echeverri for Heorhii Sudakov
- 69'Manuel Silva for João Palhinha
- 69'Rafa Silva for Gianluca Prestianni
- 76'Fredrik Aursnes
- 77'Vangelis Pavlidis for Anísio Cabral
- Jaden Sean Montnor for A. Neophytou81'
- panagiotis andreou for Andreas Christou81'
- 83'João Palhinha · Yellow card
- 83'Andreas Schjelderup for Dodi Lukebakio
- 85'Gianluca Prestianni assist Dodi Lukebakio
- 88'Souffian El Karouani · Yellow card
- 90'Gianluca Prestianni · Yellow card
- Loïs Diony · Yellow card90+3'
Match stats
Line-ups
Omonia Nicosia starting XI
- 40Fabiano
- 77L. Négo
- 93J. Duverne
- 37Ľ. Šatka
- 29J. Balkovec
- 11Ewandro
- 74P. Andreou
- 14M. Marić
- 7J. Montnor
- 9A. Kakoullis
- 17F. Tănase
Omonia Nicosia bench · coach H. Berg
- 22M. Tankovic
- 27S. Simič
- 85A. Neophytou
- 78Pantelis Michail
- 21M. Mayambela
- 1T. Kaminski
- 99L. Diony
- 82A. Christou
- 92C. Panagiotis
- 20L. Brouwers
- 90C. Konstantinidis
Benfica starting XI
- 1A. Trubin
- 6A. Bah
- 3A. Circati
- 44Tomás Araújo
- 34S. El Karouani
- 8F. Aursnes
- 16Manu
- 27Rafa
- 30C. Echeverri
- 21A. Schjelderup
- 14V. Pavlidis
Benfica bench · coach Marco Silva
- 88Tiago Freitas
- 26S. Dahl
- 72A. Cabral
- 62J. Neto
- 24Samuel Soares
- 2C. Lenglet
- 36João Palhinha
- 11D. Lukebakio
- 25G. Prestianni
- 10H. Sudakov
- 33Gabriel Indio
- 77Gonçalo Carvalho Moreira
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Omonia Nicosia formlast ten
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Head-to-headlast 1 meetings
0Omonia Nicosia wins
0Draws
1Benfica wins
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BenficaUEFA Europa League table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | +8 | 9 |
| 4 |  Bournemouth | 3 | +7 | 9 |
| 5 |  Ferencvarosi TC | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| 6 |  Union St. Gilloise | 3 | +7 | 7 |
| 7 |  Juventus | 3 | +6 | 7 |
| 8 |  Beşiktaş | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 9 |  Sunderland | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| 10 |  AZ Alkmaar | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 | Omonia Nicosia | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 12 |  Rennes | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| 13 |  Lyon | 3 | -1 | 6 |
Match info
CompetitionUEFA Europa League
RoundLeague phase, matchday 3
Kick-off
VenueGSP Stadium, Nicosia
RefereeJasper Vergoote
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