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No matter what happens in this match, Slavia Praha, who are sitting 34th on the table, are finished with Champions League. They're out. The thing is though, Pafos, technically hasn't been eliminated yet. They need to win this game, and they need about 10 other things to happen such as teams like Brugge and Copenhagen to lose, but it's mathematically possible. Based on home-field advantage and motivation alone, I'm expecting Pafos to try to make something happen here, and wouldn't be shocked if we saw a 1-0 win, or worse case a low scoring draw.
It's not very often I hit y'all with an under, espeically on the Champions League stage, but this is the match out of all 18 that screams a cagey 0-0 or 1-0 either way. We have a Slavia Praha team who is already out of this competition entirely and have no motivation, traveling to take on a Pafos side who have only four goals scored over seven matches. This isn't the match you need to overthink. Only eight goals scored over a combined 14 UCL fixtures between the two teams, I'm taking the under.
Slavia cannot advance regardless of result today and is one of three clubs in this season's UCL without a win. Pafos has an outside shot of getting into the top 24 but must win and ideally win big. Pafos has lost just one of its past 10 UEFA matches at home (six wins). This is the first time clubs from Cyprus and Czechia have faced each other in the Champions League.

