Olympiacos vs Pafos Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips Predictions

Olympiacos vs Pafos Predictions, Lineups & Betting Tips

Olympiacos kick off their UEFA Champions League campaign on Wednesday afternoon with a tie against Pafos FC of Cyprus. With the Cypriot club only being founded 11 years ago, they head into this one as huge underdogs, so it's no surprise that we are backing Olympiacos to win this one.

Also expect more than 2.5 goals in this one, as the Greek hosts could run riot.

Olympiacos vs Pafos Predicted Lineups

Olympiacos: Paschalakis, Pirola, Retsos, Ortega, Costinha, Garcia, Hezze, Podence, Martins, Taremi, El Kaabi

Konstantinos Tzolakis is supended, whilst Rodinei and Roman Yaremchuk are injured.

Pafos: Michael, Goldar, Luckassen, Pileas, Langa, Pepe, Dragomir, Sunjic, Orsic, Jaja, Silva

Olympiacos vs Pafos Recent Matches Analysis

Olympiacos Last Five: Olympiacos 5-0 Panserraikos

Volos 0-2 Olympiacos

Olympiacos 2-0 Asteras Tripolis

Inter 2-0 Olympiacos (Friendly)

Napoli 2-1 Olympiacos (Friendly)

The Greeks have blown away their domestic competition lately and came close to taking something from the friendly with Napoli, so expect them to do the same amount of damage to Pafos.

Pafos Last Five: Pafos 0-1 Apollon Limassol

APOEL 0-1 Pafos

Pafos 1-1 Crvena Zvezda (UEFA Champions League Qualifiers)

Crvena Zvezda 1-2 Pafos (UEFA Champions League Qualifiers)

Pafos 2-0 Dynamo Kyiv (UEFA Champions League Qualifiers)

Pafos have faced a difficult start to their league season by playing two of the favourites, but did manage an impressive win against APOEL to give them confidence. They also managed to beat Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 on aggregate, another great result, so a potential for a tighter affair than expected could potentially be on the cards.

Olympiacos vs Pafos Predictions

Our advanced algorithm analyses over 200 data points to generate these predictions, with us favouring an Olympiacos victory with more than 2.5 goals. The model factors in current form, player availability, home advantage and tactical matchups.

Olympiacos vs Pafos Betting Tips

Football Park's Best Bet: More than 2.5 goals @ 1.75 - Our team of in-house betting tipsters are confident in this value given the difference in quality between the teams, plus Olympiacos' recent goal haul.

Alternate Bet: Olympiacos to win @ 1.36 - A likely outcome that is reflected in the odds.

Key Players To Watch: Olympiacos vs Pafos Mehdi Taremi (Olympiacos) scored a brace on the weekend, and the Iranian striker has plenty of Champions League experience with Porto and Inter Milan. Now at 33, he will be looking to prove any doubters he still has what it takes on Europe's biggest stage.

Mislav Orsic (Pafos) The former Dinamo Zagreb and Southampton winger is most famously remembered for his hat-trick to knock out Tottenham in the Europa League, plus a goal in a famous 1-0 win against Chelsea in this competition. Orsic will be looking to provide another miracle goal in this fixture.

Match Information

17 September 2025 // KO 17:45 UK

The UK broadcaster is TNT Sports, whilst the game is also being shown on CBS Sports in USA.

The match will take place at the Karaiskakis Stadium, which has a capacity of 33,334 and has held various finals from UEFA's former competitions, including the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup between Real Madrid and Chelsea.