Sheriff 1-0 Omonia: Visitors unable to get win at Zimbru

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Omonia Nicosia suffered an away defeat to Sheriff Tiraspol at Zimbru on Thursday. Both Sheriff and Omonia arrived at the match with previous defeats in the league. Sheriff were looking to get back to winning ways after losing their last match 3-0 to Manchester United while Omonia had lost their previous match against Real Sociedad. Following this match, Sheriff are now in 3rd place on the table and have 6 points while Omonia sit in 4th with 0 points after 6 matches.

After an uneventful first half, Sheriff piled on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, with a goal from Rasheed Ibrahim Akanbi just before the final whistle, seing the match finish 1-0.

Substitutions for Sheriff included Iyayi Atiemwen, Renan Guedes and Heron for Mudasiru Salifu, Pernambuco and Moussa Kyabou, respectively. Omonia brought on Fotis Papoulis, Paris Psaltis, Panagiotis Zachariou, Mix Diskerud and Brandon Barker for Charalambos Charalambous, Jan Lecjaks, Loizos Loizou, Moreto Cassama and Bruno.

There were bookings for Stjepan Radeljic and Rasheed Ibrahim Akanbi from Sheriff. For Omonia, Roman Bezus saw yellow.

Technical card:
Sheriff Tiraspol:Maksym Koval, Armel Zohouri, Gaby Kiki, Stjepan Radeljic, Patrick Kpozo, Mudasiru Salifu (Iyayi Atiemwen, min.69), Moussa Kyabou (Heron, min.90), Mouhamed Diop, Cedric Badolo, Pernambuco (Renan Guedes, min.86) and Rasheed Ibrahim Akanbi
Omonia Nicosia:Francis Uzoho, Fotis Kitsos, Nemanja Miletic, Hector Yuste, Jan Lecjaks (Paris Psaltis, min.63), Roman Bezus, Moreto Cassama (Mix Diskerud, min.76), Charalambos Charalambous (Fotis Papoulis, min.63), Loizos Loizou (Panagiotis Zachariou, min.63), Bruno (Brandon Barker, min.81) and Andronikos Kakoullis
Stadium:Zimbru
Goals:Rasheed Ibrahim Akanbi (1-0, min. 87)
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