Olympiakos Piraeus vs Pafos

Since 2010-11, Pafos are the 44th side (including Bodø/Glimt tonight) to debut in the UEFA Champions League but only the third in that time to draw their first game 0-0, along with Crvena Zvezda in 2018 and Bologna in 2024.

Tonight was only the second time across their last 54 UEFA Champions League matches that Olympiakos have drawn 0-0, with their other coming against Barcelona in October 2017.

Olympiakos have now failed to win any of their last three UEFA Champions League matches when their opponents have had a player sent off (D1 L2).

This will be just the third fixture played between a Greek and Cypriot side in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history, following PAOK Salonika v Omonia Nicosia in 1976-77 (first round, two legs) and Panathinaikos v Anorthosis Famagusta in 2008-09 (group stage, home and away).

Olympiakos will face off against a Cypriot side in major European competition for the first time since 2016-17, when they were beaten home and away by APOEL Nicosia in the UEFA Europa League group stage.

Pafos will be the eighth Cypriot team to appear in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, and first since APOEL Nicosia in the 2017-18 edition (eliminated in the group stage).

Since a run of three wins in a row between September and November 2015, Olympiakos have lost 16 of their last 20 games in the UEFA Champions League (W2 D2) – among all teams to play 100+ games in the European Cup/Champions League since 1955/56, only Sporting CP (52%) have lost a higher ratio of their matches than the Greek side (51.9%, 81 defeats in 156 games).

Prior to 2025-26, the only previous major European competition campaign for Pafos came last season in the UEFA Conference League. They won five of their 10 games in the tournament (D2 L3), and were eliminated in the last 16 by Swedish side Djurgården (3-1 on aggregate).