Omonia vs Celta Vigo - prediction, team news, lineups

Spanish broadside Celta Vigo volition footwear disconnected their Europa League run with an distant clash against Cypriot outfit Omonia connected Wednesday.

In opposition to the visitors, Omonia had to negociate 2 rounds of Europa League qualifying to seal their spot successful the league phase. 

Match preview

Omonia started their European travel successful Champions League qualifying aft winning the Cypriot First Division rubric past term.

Their Champions League run started and finished successful the 2nd qualifying circular with a punishment shootout decision to Kazakh champions Kairat Almaty.

Fortunately for Omonia supporters, their broadside person experienced amended fortunes successful Europa League qualifying, including a 2-1 aggregate triumph implicit Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar successful the 3rd round.

Henning Berg's charges past pulled disconnected a 4-2 aggregate triumph implicit Belgian nine Sint-Truiden to seal their spot successful the Europa League main gully for the archetypal clip since 2022-23.

Having won each 3 of their European location games this term, Omonia volition beryllium looking for different beardown show successful beforehand of their supporters connected Wednesday, though they whitethorn beryllium somewhat acrophobic by the information they person won conscionable 1 of their past 4 competitory games (D2, L1).

They person drawn a blank successful 3 of those 4 games, though they tin instrumentality immoderate assurance from the information they person conceded conscionable erstwhile successful that period, including a cleanable expanse successful Saturday's stalemate against Apollon. 

Celta, meanwhile, are competing for a 2nd consecutive play aft securing a sixth-placed decorativeness successful the 2025-26 La Liga campaign.

Claudio Giraldez's broadside volition beryllium aiming to lucifer and amended the tally to past season's quarter-final, wherever they were comfortably beaten by eventual runners-up Freiburg.

However, the Galician outfit volition beryllium debased connected assurance up of their latest European adventure, having failed to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 5 La Liga matches. 

After taking conscionable a constituent from their opening 3 games, Celta person gone connected to play retired 3 consecutive draws, including a 1-1 scoreline successful Sunday's location clash against newly-promoted Malaga.

Ferran Jutgla's first-half opener enactment Celta successful a beardown presumption to extremity their hold for a win, but Adrian Nino's 83rd-minute leveller ensured the spoils were shared, leaving Os Celestes successful 15th presumption successful the standings.

While this whitethorn beryllium Celta's archetypal competitory crippled against Cypriot opposition, they whitethorn beryllium capable to gully inspiration from the information that Omonia person mislaid each of their erstwhile 4 meetings with Spanish sides successful the Europa League. 

Omonia Europa League form:

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Team News

Omonia left-back Fotis Kitsos and cardinal midfielder Carel Eiting are moving connected their respective recoveries from genu injuries. 

Luuk Brouwers is pushing to marque his archetypal Omonia commencement aft featuring arsenic a half-time substitute astatine the weekend.

Lois Diony volition proceed to pb the enactment for the hosts, with the striker looking to adhd to the 4 goals helium scored successful Europa League qualifying. 

Meanwhile, Celta fable Iago Aspas volition miss the travel to Cyprus aft sustaining a thigh wounded successful the gully against Malaga.

There are besides doubts surrounding the availability of Andres Antonon, Aleix Febas, Jones El-Abdellaoui and Borja Iglesias.

Carl Starfelt, Javi Galan and Williot Swedberg could each travel into Giraldez's reasoning if helium decides to marque changes for the Europa League fixture. 

Omonia imaginable starting lineup:

Kaminski; Duverne, Satka, Coulibaly, Balkovec; Brouwers, Andreou; Mayambela, Tankovic, Montnor; Diony 

Celta Vigo imaginable starting lineup:

Radu; Caceres, Starfelt, Alonso; Rueda, Roman, Moriba, Galan; Gonzalez, Swedberg, Jutgla

We say: Omonia 1-1 Celta Vigo

Celta volition beryllium hopeless to assertion their archetypal triumph of the play successful Wednesday's fixture, but they person failed to people much than erstwhile successful each six of their La Liga outings this term, and with that successful mind, we deliberation they volition lone bash capable to prime up a constituent successful Cyprus. 

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