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- 34′Twente, yellow card:Tripping
- 39′Pafos, goal:0–1
- 40′Pafos, yellow card:Unsportsmanlike conduct
- Half-time0 – 1
- 62′Twente, goal:1–1assist
- 64′Pafos, second yellow card:Foul
- 69′Pafos, substitution:off
- 76′Twente, goal:2–1assist
- 77′Twente, substitution:off
- 81′Pafos, substitution:off
- 81′Pafos, substitution:off
- 81′Twente, substitution:off
- 82′Twente, goal:3–1assist
- 85′Twente, substitution:off
- 85′Twente, substitution:off
- 86′Twente, substitution:off
- Full-time3 – 1
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Twente come from behind to beat ten-man Pafos 3-1
Twente beat Pafos 3-1 at De Grolsch Veste in matchday three of the UEFA Europa Conference League league stage, turning a half-time deficit into a comfortable win after the visitors lost a man. Lelê had put Pafos ahead in the 39th minute, and the sides went in at the break with the Cypriot side leading 1-0.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Twente levelled in the 62nd minute when Ruud Nijstad finished from Daouda Weidmann's assist. Two minutes later the match turned: Lelê was shown a red card, leaving Pafos with ten men at 1-1. From that point the visitors scored none and conceded two.
Sondre Ørjasæter put the hosts in front in the 76th minute, set up by Younes Taha, and Weidmann sealed it in the 82nd, finishing Thomas van den Belt's pass. Twente had by then taken control of the game, and the win was their fourth in a row.
Twente next face Ajax at home in the Eredivisie on Sunday 8 November, while Pafos entertain FC Midtjylland in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 26 November.
Daouda Weidmann, rated 8.6, set up Nijstad's equaliser and then scored Twente's third himself. Radosław Majecki was the best-rated visitor at 8.2.
Twente managed 23 shots to Pafos's 6, 12 of them on target, and had 11 corners to none.
Twente beat Pafos 3–1 (half-time 0–1).
Twente met Pafos in the UEFA Europa Conference League (League Stage - 3). Kick-off was Thursday, 5 November 2026, 20:00 UTC at De Grolsch Veste. Referee: Michal Očenáš.
Team pages: Twente · Pafos · UEFA Europa Conference League
Key moments
- 39' Goal: Lelê — 0–1
- 62' Goal: Ruud Nijstad (assist: Daouda Weidmann) — 1–1
- 64' Red card: Lelê
- 76' Goal: Sondre Ørjasæter (assist: Younes Taha) — 2–1
- 82' Goal: Daouda Weidmann (assist: Thomas van den Belt) — 3–1
Starting line-ups
Twente (4-1-4-1)
Pafos (4-5-1)
- 99 Radosław Majecki
- 14 Nicholas Ioannou
- 4 David Luiz (c)
- 3 Samy Mmaee
- 7 Bruno Felipe
- 12 Ken Sema
- 77 João Correia
- 50 Alexandre Brito
- 26 Ivan Šunjić
- 30 Vlad Dragomir
- 18 Lelê
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Twente 58%, the draw 23%, Pafos 19%. It finished Twente 3–1 Pafos.
Twente's stronger rating gives them a clear lead — Twente sit 153 points higher on our strength rating, 1704 to 1551, and the usual home advantage adds to that, so we give them 58% to Pafos's 19%. The draw starts at 25%, the usual rate for a gap this size, and drops to 23% because both sides' own recent games average 3.2 goals.
Why Twente at 58%?
Twente sit 153 points higher on our strength rating — 1704 to 1551. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge at home won 56.5% of 14,388 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 66–18–16.
Why only 58%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 58% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 23% and Pafos at 19%.
Why is the draw only 23%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 25.0%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.1% of 18,729. The goals environment takes 2.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Twente have averaged 15 percentage points more possession than Pafos in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Twente's last five: W-L-W-W-W — the hotter side across the games we track. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.0% of 2059 games when clearly hotter and 43.8% of 3979 when clearly colder.
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About this match
On this page: the Twente vs Pafos final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa Conference League fixture.
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Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Twente 3–1 Pafos. Explore more on the Twente and Pafos team pages or the UEFA Europa Conference League page.