NEC Nijmegen vs Omonia Nicosia prediction and preview

NEC Nijmegen vs Omonia Nicosia

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 17:45 UTC · Goffertstadion, Nijmegen

NEC Nijmegen · Omonia Nicosia · Europa League predictions

The Europa League fixture between NEC Nijmegen and Omonia Nicosia is scheduled for Thursday 5 November 2026 at 17:45 UTC at Goffertstadion in Nijmegen. NEC Nijmegen are 20th in the table with 4 points from 3, while Omonia Nicosia sit 11th on 6 points after 3 matches.

NEC Nijmegen have collected 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 league games; Omonia Nicosia have 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, NEC Nijmegen have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.5 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Omonia Nicosia average 1.7 scored and 1.2 conceded across their last 6, with 3 clean sheets.

NEC Nijmegen list 9 absentees, including Dusan Tadic (injury), Emre Mor (injury) and Philippe Sandler (injury). Dusan Tadic and Emre Mor have featured heavily in recent matches. Omonia Nicosia are without Andreas Christou (injury), Carel Eiting (suspension) and Fotis Kitsos (suspension). Goga Kikacheishvili is the appointed referee. Across 21 earlier matches in our data the average is 4.7 yellow cards per game and 0.4 penalties per game, and home sides won 52% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make NEC Nijmegen favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.