Overview

• Stelios Kyriakides Stadium holds about 9,400 seats, below UEFA’s roughly 10,000 threshold, so the match is staged 65 km away in Limassol.
• UEFA appointed Lithuanian referee Manfredas Lukjancukas, who previously oversaw a card‑heavy Pafos cup match, with Spanish officials on VAR duty.
• Bayern travel in strong form after a 3:1 opening win over Chelsea, with sporting director Max Eberl citing team energy and cohesion as drivers.
• Pafos make their Champions League debut, earned a 0:0 at Olympiakos despite a sending‑off, and include veteran defender David Luiz in the squad.
• Local coverage reports a German influencer encouraged an anti‑Bayern chant for the home ultras, adding an off‑field subplot to the fixture.