Pafos FC

vs

AEK Larnaca

Preview

Pafos FC (home)

• Pafos FC sit in second place in the 1. Division 2025/2026 with 37 points from 17 games.
• They have a great home record, winning seven of their eight games there and losing just once (W7, L1).
• Pafos have been very good at home of late (W2, D1, L0).

AEK Larnaca (away)

• AEK Larnaca are also on 37 points but have played one more game than Pafos (18 games), putting them in fourth place.
• The visitors have been solid on the road but have had a more mixed recent form than their hosts, winning 3 of their last 5 matches and coming off a 2-1 home victory in the league.

Head-to-Head

• Both teams have won one each in the last two head-to-heads (Wins: 1 each, Draws: 0).
• The last head-to-head game between these two sides was in the Super Cup 2025 and was a 6-5 win for AEK Larnaca as the visiting team, highlighting the goal-fest potential of this matchup.
• Pafos have scored 14 goals in their four home H2H’s (3.5 average).
• AEK Larnaca have scored 12 as the visitors (3.0 average).

Key Players

• Pere Pons is the catalyst of the play for the visitors.
• Jairo is Pafos’ creative force and often sets his team up well with his attacking runs and clever passes.
• Hrvoje Milicevic is AEK Larnaca’s top-scorer and has seven league goals in 17 appearances.

Betting Insights

• The hosts are slight favorites at 2.2 with the away side being outsiders at 3.36.
• Over 2.5 goals is a great option at 2.16.
• Both of these teams have been involved in high-scoring games in their recent H2H’s and both of these sides average over three goals per game combined.

Prediction

• Celades’ Pafos will want to disrupt the game but it will be a battle for control of tempo and space.
• We can see Pafos’ Jairo and AEK’s Milicevic getting on the scoresheet here.
• Pafos to win.