The first leg at Ghelamco Arena last week had ended 2-1 in favour of Omonia courtesy of goals from Charalambous and Brandon Barker.
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Omonia will host Gent in the second leg of their Europa League qualifying playoff match at the GSP Stadium on Thursday night. The first leg at Ghelamco Arena last week had ended 2-1 in favour of Omonia courtesy of goals from Charalambous and Brandon Barker. Very few neutrals would have predicted such a victory for the Cypriots and now they can even afford a narrow defeat in the second leg and still progress to the group stages of Europe’s second tier club football competition. Omonia won the domestic cup title last season, which put them on the brink of reaching the group stage of a major european competition for the third successive season.
Ze zijn met niet veel maar ze roepen voor duust! Merci voor de support Buffalo’s ?⚪️ Morgen gaan we ervoor. Tuupe. ?? #omognt #uel pic.twitter.com/jO2p28c7En
— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) August 24, 2022
However, last time out, the Queen failed to record even a single victory in the maiden Europa conference League. Gent, on the other hand, have more European pedigree than Omonia, having competed in the 2015-16 Champions League group stage. Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s side didn’t make a great start to their 2022-23 Belgian Pro League campaign, registering just two wins from their opening four games to sit at the seventh spot. De Buffalos needs to overturn a two-goal deficit on Thursday, otherwise they will be dropped into the Europa Conference League.
Omonia boss Lennon is unlikely to make too many alterations to the winning formula. Bruno and Kakoullis are expected to lead the line with Matthews and Lecjaks occupying the flanks. As for Gent, Depoitre might be the target-man up front with Cuypers, Hjulsager and Hauge in support.
Omonia probable starting lineup: Fabiano, Miletic, Yuste, Panagiotou, Matthews, Diskerud, Charalampous, Bachirou, Lecjaks, Bruno, Kakoullis
Gent probable starting lineup: Roef, Hanche-Olsen, Ngadeu, Torunarigha, Fortuna, Hong, Kums, Cuypers, Hjulsager, Hauge, Depoitre
The Europa League qualifier between Omonia vs Gent will take place at GSP stadium on Thursday at 10:30 pm IST.
| Omonia vs Gent | Key details |
| Date | August 25 |
| Venue | GSP stadium |
| Kickoff time in Cyprus | 8:00 pm |
| Kickoff time in Belgium | 7:00 pm |
For the football fans in Belgium, live telecast of the match is available on Sporza. Meanwhile for those in Cyprus, they can catch the live action via PrimeTel.
