Omonia Nicosia 1-4 Benfica: lead retaken within seven minutes
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 3.25 vs 0.91: Benfica had the better chances
- 23 shots to 7 in Benfica's favour
- Benfica led for about 69 minutes
Scoreline matched the chances
Benfica won 4-1 in Nicosia, and the expected goals told the same story at 3.25 to 0.91. Loic Négo's own goal in the 14th minute put them ahead and Andronikos Kakoullis levelled in the 42nd, but the visitors scored three more after the break.
Equaliser undone almost at once
Vangelis Pavlidis's goal in the 49th minute came just after the equaliser and was worth +1.0 FN xPts to Benfica and −0.8 to Omonia. Fabiano made seven saves, yet Fredrik Aursnes and Gianluca Prestianni still added goals in the 76th and 85th minutes.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Souffian El Karouani 8.0Dominant
He made a match-high four key passes and won seven of his 10 duels.
El Karouani played all 90 minutes at full-back and added four tackles to those four key passes. With Benfica ahead for about 69 minutes, he appears to have been involved in both build-up and defending throughout.
Game state
0-11-11-21-31-4
Omonia Nicosia ahead 0 min · level 21 min · Benfica ahead 69 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
14'
Loic Négo
Own goal · BEN +0.7
−0.7
42'
Andronikos Kakoullis
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Jaden Montnor +0.2 · BEN −0.9
+0.8
49'
Vangelis Pavlidis
Goal · OMO −0.8
+1.0
76'
Fredrik Aursnes
Goal · OMO −0.3
+0.4
85'
Gianluca Prestianni
Goal · assist Dodi Lukebakio · OMO 0.0
0.0
Omonia Nicosia
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.6Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.6→ League points won 0
Benfica
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.2Own moments +1.4Opponent moments −0.2Time effect +0.6→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Omonia NicosiaBenfica
0.91Expected goals (xG)3.25
Timeline
- 14'
Goal
Loic Négo (OG)
- 42'
Goal
Andronikos Kakoullis assist Jaden Montnor
- 49'
Goal
Vangelis Pavlidis
- 50'
Sub
Ewandro → L. Brouwers
- 61'
Sub
Florin Tănase → Mihlali Mayambela
- 61'
Sub
Andronikos Kakoullis → Loïs Diony
- 62'
Yellow
Tomás Araújo
- 69'
Sub
Claudio Echeverri → Georgiy Sudakov
- 69'
Sub
Manu → João Palhinha
- 69'
Sub
Rafa → Gianluca Prestianni
- 76'
Goal
Fredrik Aursnes
- 77'
Sub
Vangelis Pavlidis → Anisio
- 81'
Sub
Jaden Montnor → A. Neophytou
- 81'
Sub
P. Andreou → A. Christou
- 83'
Yellow
João Palhinha
- 83'
Sub
Andreas Schjelderup → Dodi Lukebakio
- 85'
Goal
Gianluca Prestianni assist Dodi Lukebakio
- 88'
Yellow
Souffian El Karouani
- 90'
Yellow
Gianluca Prestianni
- 90+3'
Yellow
Loïs Diony
Category leaders
- Key passesSouffian El Karouani4
- Duels wonSouffian El Karouani7/10
- DribblesDodi Lukebakio3/3
- Defensive actionsManu6
- ShotsClaudio Echeverri5 (on target 1)
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This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.