Pafos vs Riga 1-1

Pafos and Riga shared the points after a 1-1 draw in Paphos, with each side scoring once in the second half. Caio Ferreira put Riga ahead on 67 minutes, but Biel replied for Pafos nine minutes later.

The first half produced no goals, leaving it 0-0 at the break.

Pafos made a change at half-time, with A. Brito replaced by I. Sunjic, who was booked on 49 minutes. Both sides then shuffled their teams as the game opened up. Pafos sent on D. Quina for J. Correia on 61 minutes and Lele for Anderson Silva on 65, while Riga made two changes at once on 65 minutes, bringing on Caio Ferreira and M. Badamosi. That paid off immediately for the visitors, as Caio Ferreira scored on 67 minutes from S. Oulad M'Hand's assist, after coming on in the 65th minute, to make it 1-0. Pafos levelled on 76 minutes when Biel scored from K. Sema's assist, with S. Kema having come on in the 71st minute. Riga then replaced R. Aouani with A. Cernomordijs on 78 minutes and took S. Oulad M'Hand off for C. Saco on 88.

The statistics were close in possession, with both sides on 50%, and Riga had slightly more shots, 15 to 13, but Pafos put three on target to Riga's two. Riga also edged expected goals at 1.59 to 1.2 and had more passes, 361 to 348, with better pass accuracy at 88% to 81%. Pafos won more corners, 10 to 4, while Riga committed 14 fouls to Pafos's 7.

Pafos had one yellow card, for I. Sunjic on 49 minutes. Riga's only booking was M. Tonisevs on 90 minutes.