Pafos vs Celje Prediction & Betting Tips (12 December)

After two defeats by a single goal difference in the competition but rather logical against Fiorentina 3-2, and Heidenheim 0-1, Pafos must find winning again very quickly to reinforce its hopes of a possible top 8 which is everything but a heresy since he is only three lengths behind the latter. The Cypriots have indeed won two matches against the Kazakh team of FC Astana 1-0, and against the Moldovans of Petrocub 1-4. In the championship, everything was going well for the locals who had a series of masterclasses before finally losing against Omonia recently 0-1, thus putting an end to a series of six successive victories, but they were able to find immediate success on the lawn of Achnas last weekend 0-2. Celje's last score in the competition will have to be reviewed on video as the errors, particularly defensive ones, were great, but at least he did not lose by taking advantage of a CSC Polish to close the fireworks against Jagiellonia 3-3.

Casually, since this sharing of points, the Slovenes have not won, particularly in the championship where they stagnated in two draws against Nafta 0-0, and against Domzale last weekend at home 2-2, in scoring both goals ten against eleven in the last half hour of play all the same. In this league phase of the Conference League, Celje had already lost against Guimaraes 3-1, and Bétis at the very end of the match 2-1, two away losses in four days. With 4 points, the two-time national champion is clearly playing for a place in the play-offs and must bring back a little something from Cyprus this evening.

For this meeting, a priori, no major absence to report. All the Brazilians will be in the mix, namely the replacements Pontelo and Natel and the most important Anderson Silva (5 goals in the league), Bruno (the bubble), Jairo (8 goals in the Cypriot elite), and Jaja (2 goals, 1 assist in C4). Note also the presence of Cape Verdean Joao Correia (2 pawns in C4).

 Suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards during the previous day, the important Kucyz (6 goals in the league) will once again be eligible to be on the scoresheet in the European Cup but he remains injured and highly uncertain for this game. Seslar (4 goals, 5 assists in the league), Kvesic (4 goals, 4 assists), and Brnic (4 goals in the league) will be fully operational, as will the Brazilian Edmilson (3 goals in the league), and Matko (2 pawns, 2 PD in the championship).