- 比利亚雷亚尔在最近的三场比赛中都赢了，而且都没有丢球
- 帕福斯在三场联赛阶段的比赛中有两场没有进球
- 周日，比利亚雷亚尔队的丹尼·帕雷霍任意球击中横梁
路易斯是苦苦挣扎的塞浦路斯人的负担
比利亚雷亚尔不太可能给帕福斯很多得分的机会，因为他们将在周三晚上的第50场欧冠比赛中面对塞浦路斯冠军。Marcelino Garcia Toral；周末，中国队在主场以4比0轻松战胜了瓦列卡诺，防守看起来非常安全。
与此同时，帕福斯在最近的联赛遭遇战中艰难地以1比0战胜了AEL利马索尔，因为有人指责大卫·路易斯应该看到一张甚至没有被VAR检查过的流浪肘红牌。
路易斯仍然是球队的关键人物，因为他在两个盒子里都有任意球和角球，但他作为欧冠级别后卫的日子既不是最近的，也不是很长。
黄色潜艇可以确保稳固的胜利
对于主队来说，比利亚雷亚尔在中场的进攻和控制方面应该有太多的活力，因为主队可能是比赛中最不强大的球队之一。帕福斯在联赛阶段的预期进球数是第四，每90分钟的射门次数也是最低的，这告诉了你所有你需要知道的关于他们的方法。
他们准备在没有球的情况下受苦，并坚持平局，或者有机会在反击或定位球中抓住一些东西。但黄潜艇队太狡猾了，不会上当受骗，在桑蒂·科梅萨娜和丹尼·帕雷霍这样的中场球员身上，他们应该发挥自己的权威。
Comesana在过去的五场比赛中已经进了三个球，但Parejo在比利亚雷亚尔的任意球击中了横梁；帕菲斯在周末的大胜利，可能是这里值得关注的人，因为帕菲斯在射门范围内确实投出了很多任意球。
- Villarreal have won their last three matches, all without conceding
- Paphos have failed to score in two of their three league phase matches
- Dani Parejo hit the crossbar with a free-kick for Villarreal on Sunday
Luiz a liability for struggling Cypriots
Villarreal are unlikely to give Paphos many opportunities to score as they face the Cypriot champions in their 50th Champions League match on Wednesday evening. Marcelino Garcia Toral’s side eased to a 4-0 home victory over Rayo Vallecano at the weekend and looked very secure in defence.
Meanwhile, Paphos struggled to a 1-0 win over AEL Limassol in their latest league encounter amid accusations that David Luiz should have seen a red card for a stray elbow that was not even checked by VAR.
Luiz remains a key figure for the team as he takes free-kicks and gets on the end of corners in both boxes, but his days as a Champions League-level defender were neither recent or very long.
Yellow Submarines can secure solid win
Villarreal should have too much dynamism in attack and control in midfield for the home side, who could be of the least potent teams ever to play in the competition. Paphos have the fourth-worst expected goals in the league phase and the lowest figure for shot-creating actions per 90 minutes, which tells you all you need to know about their approach.
They are prepared to suffer without the ball and hang on for a draw, or a chance to grab something on a counter-attack or set-piece. But the Yellow Submarines are too crafty to fall for that and in midfielders like Santi Comesana and Dani Parejo, they should exert their authority.
Comesana has got three goals in his last five games but Parejo, who hit the crossbar with a free-kick in Villarreal’s big weekend win, could be the man to watch here as Pafis do give away a lot of free-kicks within shooting range.
