Omonia Aradippou came into this unbeaten in five away games. That run ended at the GSP.
Olympiakos Nicosia won 2-1. Vierinha scored in the tenth minute. Pikis made it two just after half time. Omonia pulled one back quickly but could not find the equaliser. Three points for the hosts. Another afternoon where Aradippou let something slip.
Vierinha got the opener and it came early. Ten minutes gone, the ball arrived to him in a good position, and he finished. 1-0. Olympiakos had something to protect and they protected it for the rest of the first half. Omonia tried to find a way back in but Joao Mario and Kovalenko kept things ticking in midfield and the defensive shape held.
Half time: 1-0. Same scoreline that both sides knew all too well — Olympiakos had beaten Omonia 1-0 in their last meeting too.
Then both managers made changes at the break. Aboubacar Loucoubar replaced Maurício Barbosa for Olympiakos. Jasin Assehnoun came on for Sebastian Lomonaco in the Omonia dugout. Two changes, same second half plan from both sides — one trying to kill the game, one trying to get back into it.
It was Olympiakos who scored next. Iasonas Pikis in the 53rd minute. 2-0. That felt like the game done. Three goals needed in 37 minutes for a side that had struggled to score all season — Omonia had fired blanks in 43% of their league games this campaign.
Then Vierinha again. Wait — not Vierinha. Omonia pulled one back in the 56th minute, just three minutes after Pikis had scored. The visitors suddenly had a lifeline. 2-1. The GSP got nervous.
It stayed 2-1.
Omonia pushed. They had more of the ball in the final half hour and looked the more dangerous side going forward. Giorgos Pontikos — six goals in the season — worked hard. Jaly Mouaddib was lively. But Olympiakos held their shape, stayed compact, and did not give the visitors a clear sight of goal when it really mattered.
In 22 meetings across all competitions between these sides, Olympiakos have won 15. Omonia have won just three. The history was always against the visitors here — their last away win against Olympiakos in the league was back in 2014. That record did not change on Friday.
The table after this result is worth looking at. Omonia Aradippou stay 4th in the Relegation Group but their five-game unbeaten run away from home is finished. The points they dropped here could matter at the end of the phase.
Olympiakos moved to 6th. Their home record this season was poor — 3 wins, 6 draws, 5 losses at the GSP. Friday was one of those wins. They needed it.
Joao Mario was the standout across both halves — composed in possession, linking play between defence and attack, winning duels when needed. Kovalenko ran the engine room. Vierinha, with his goal and constant movement, gave Omonia’s defenders problems all afternoon.
For Aradippou, the story is Pontikos and Mouaddib not getting enough support. Pontikos has six league goals which is decent from a forward at this level, but Mouaddib needed his fifth goal of the season and it didn’t come. The midfield — Ring, Edwards, Havelka — worked but didn’t create enough in the areas that count.
Three points for Olympiakos. A rare positive afternoon at the GSP. Three points gone for Omonia and a run they had been quietly proud of brought to an end in Nicosia.
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Olympiakos Nicosia 2-1 Omonia Aradippou Cyprus League by Stoiximan | Relegation Group Round 31 | Friday, 1 May 2026 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
Goals: OLN: Vierinha 10′, Iasonas Pikis 53′ OMA: 56′
Olympiakos Nicosia: Talichmanidis; Henrique Gomes, Jean Felipe, Maurício (Loucoubar 46′), Filipe Vieira; Konomis, Dzepar; Kovalenko, Bradonjic, Joao Mario; Pikis — Sub: Vierinha (17)
Omonia Aradippou: Kostic; Henriques, van Mullem, Thelander, Ring; Edwards, Havelka; Pontikos, Mouaddib, Ariel; Georgiou — Sub: Assehnoun for Lomonaco 46′
Half-time: 1-0
