📊 Form Guide
Pafos LWWDLW
Pafos, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-0 First Division triumph versus AEL Limassol.
The only name on the scoresheet from Pafos was Vlad Dragomir (5').
At least three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Pafos have been involved. Their opponents scored 10 of them in these games while Pafos bagged a total of 12.
Villarreal LDLWWW 📈
Villarreal go into this meeting following a 4-0 La Liga win over Rayo Vallecano in their most recent game.
In that match, Villarreal had 48% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Villarreal, the goals were scored by Moreno (22'), Moleiro (56'), Comesaña (58') and Pérez (65'). For their opponents, Rayo Vallecano had 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.
Showing their penchant for high-scoring encounters, we’ve had goals 22 times in the previous 6 matches in which Villarreal have played, giving an average of 3.67 goals each fixture. Opposition teams have got 7 from this total. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen whether such a trend shall be replicated in this game or not.
ℹ️ Team News: Pafos
There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the Pafos manager Juan Carlos Carcedo to be concerned with from a near full-strength group of players. Pedrão (Cruciate ligament surgery) will miss out.
It’s our opinion that Pafos should opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, utilising Neophytos Michael, Bruno Felipe, Derrick Luckassen, David Luiz, Kostas Pileas, Ivan Sunjic, Pepe, Mislav Orsic, Vlad Dragomir, Quina and Landry Dimata.
🗞️ Team News: Villarreal
With a completely injury-free group to pick from, the Villarreal manager Marcelino García Toral does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.
We’re of the thinking that El Submarino Amarillo might play in a 4-4-2 system by sending out Arnau Tenas, Santiago Mourino, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Nicolas Pepe, Pape Gueye, Santi Comesana, Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno and Georges Mikautadze.
💭 Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Villarreal will probably have the majority of the possession and should turn some of their chances into goals.
However, Pafos will be up against it getting on the scoresheet but we do fancy them being dangerous at times.
Therefore, we are anticipating a pretty comfortable 1-3 winning margin for Villarreal when all’s said and done.
Victor Martins, 17:01 05/11/2025