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Omonia
Europa League
19:00
UTC, Thursday 22 October 2026
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Benfica

Omonia vs Benfica: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

Omonia Nicosia host Benfica at GSP Stadium on Thursday 22 October 2026, kick-off 19:00 UTC, in the Europa League (round 3). Prediction markets make Benfica the favourite at 70%, with the draw at 18% (Polymarket). Omonia have had 7 days of rest since playing NK Celje (Europa League); Benfica have had 7 after facing Celtic and travel about 3,769 km. Omonia are without 2 players (Carel Eiting, Fotis Kitsos); Benfica are missing 3 (Daniel Banjaqui, Jakub Kamiński, Enzo Barrenechea). Jasper Vergoote is the referee, averaging 3.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8. The forecast at kick-off is 19°C, dry.

Win chances

Omonia 12%Draw 18%Benfica 70%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Omonia 4-3-3

Coach: Henning Berg

  1. 40 Fabiano GK
  2. 93 Jean-Kévin Duverne DEF
  3. 5 Senou Coulibaly DEF
  4. 37 Lubomír Šatka DEF
  5. 29 Jure Balkovec DEF
  6. 74 Panagiotis Andreou MID
  7. 22 Muamer Tanković MID
  8. 14 Mateo Marić MID
  9. 11 Ewandro FWD
  10. 99 Loïs Diony FWD
  11. 7 Jaden Montnor FWD

Bench

  • 78 Pantelis Michail GK
  • 1 Thomas Kaminski GK
  • 96 Athos Kounounis DEF
  • 90 Christos Konstantinidis DEF
  • 77 Loïc Négo DEF
  • 92 Panagiotis Christoforou DEF
  • 27 Stefan Simič DEF
  • 17 Florin Tănase MID
  • 20 Luuk Brouwers MID
  • 9 Andronikos Kakoullis FWD
  • 85 Angelos Neofytou FWD
  • 21 Mihlali Mayambela FWD

Benfica 4-2-3-1

Coach: Marco Silva

  1. 1 Anatoliy Trubin GK
  2. 6 Alexander Bah DEF
  3. 44 Tomás Araújo DEF
  4. 2 Clément Lenglet DEF
  5. 26 Samuel Dahl DEF
  6. 8 Fredrik Aursnes MID
  7. 36 João Palhinha MID
  8. 11 Dodi Lukébakio FWD
  9. 10 Georgiy Sudakov MID
  10. 25 Gianluca Prestianni FWD
  11. 22 Jhon Durán FWD

Bench

  • 24 Samuel Soares GK
  • 3 Alessandro Circati DEF
  • 33 Gabriel Índio DEF
  • 34 Souffian El Karouani DEF
  • 18 Leandro Barreiro MID
  • 16 Manu Silva MID
  • 27 Rafa Silva MID
  • 88 Tiago Freitas MID
  • 21 Andreas Schjelderup FWD
  • 72 Anísio Cabral FWD
  • 30 Claudio Echeverri FWD
  • 14 Vangelis Pavlidis FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Omonia

  • Carel Eiting injury, back Unknown
  • Fotis Kitsos injury, back Mid October 2026

Benfica

  • Daniel Banjaqui injury, back Early November 2026
  • Jakub Kamiński injury, back Day to day
  • Enzo Barrenechea injury, back Early November 2026