Pafos vs Apoel Nicosia — 1. Division 2025
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 19+ matches
Pafos51%
Apoel Nicosia26%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Pafos creates 49% more chances
Season form · 26 home / 19 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over57
- Under43
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes58
- No42
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Pafos ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Pafos at home — creates 2.38, concedes 0.81 · 26 matches
Apoel Nicosia away — creates 1.58, concedes 1.21 · 19 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Pafos attack 2.38 + Apoel Nicosia defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.79
Apoel Nicosia attack 1.58 + Pafos defence 0.81 → ÷2 → 1.20
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 51%?"
Pafos at 51% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 51% does not mean "Pafos will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Pafos substitutes
Apoel Nicosia substitutes
Omonia Nicosia
AEK Larnaca
Apollon LimassolPafosApoel Nicosia
Aris
Omonia Aradippou
AEL
Anorthosis
Krasava Ypsonas
Olympiakos
Akritas
Ethnikos Achna
EnosisIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Pafos host Apoel Nicosia on Friday, 22 May 2026 at 14:30. The match is part of the 1. Division 2025/2026 season.
1. Division: Pafos 2–0 Apoel Nicosia
Pafos beat Apoel Nicosia 2-0 in 1. Division on May 22, 2026.
Goals: Lele (17'), N. Ioannou (45').
The match was played at Stelios Kyriakides Stadium in Pafos.