FC Karpaty Lviv (Home)
- Both FC Karpaty Lviv and FK Kudrivka have taken 19 points from their 18 games in Premier League 2025-2026 to this point, occupying 12th and 13th place respectively.
- Fran Fernandez, appointed as head coach in January 2026, has been tasked with introducing a more progressive style to the club and has been largely successful in this aim, with Karpaty regularly playing possession-based football in a 4-2-3-1 system.
- Karpaty are on a 5-game losing streak in the Premier League 2025-2026 and have not picked up a point or scored a goal in their most recent 2 Premier League matches, a 3-0 defeat away to Shakhtar Donetsk and a 0-1 home reverse to Kolos Kovalivka.
FK Kudrivka (Away)
- Kudrivka have won 1, tied 1 and lost 1 of their last 3 away fixtures.
- It’s a formula which can work well against possession dominant sides, but Kudrivka are not such a side, and are far more of a pragmatic, structure-first outfit.
- Vasili Baranov, in charge since December 2024, has shaped the team into a compact defensive unit that can soak up pressure and hit on the break, and they are set to frustrate Karpaty’s possession strategy on Sunday.
- The visitors are unbeaten in three, with a 2-0 win away to SC Poltava and draws with FC Oleksandriya and Zorya in their most recent three, but their form over the season has been poor.
Key Players
- Andriy Storchous has 7 goals in 17 Premier League 2025-2026 appearances and 2 of Kudrivka’s most recent 5 goals and looks the best chance of a goalscorer on the away side.
- Baboucarr Faal has been Karpaty’s most consistent attacking player in Premier League 2025-2026, scoring 7 goals in 18 appearances, and will be the main target of the Kudrivka defence on Sunday.
Betting Insights
The correct score bet is a narrow away win , as we predict the more disciplined and resilient away side to frustrate the hosts and hit them on the counter, while the odds for ‘Both Teams to Score - No’ look good value too, with Karpaty having conceded 1.67 goals per home game in the Premier League 2025-2026.
Prediction
They have lost 7 of 9 away games in the Premier League 2025-2026, winning just once and drawing the other, but given Karpaty’s dismal form, the visitors may have a chance of taking all 3 points on Sunday.
