Polissya Zhytomyr
- Polissya Zhytomyr have won four of their last five league games.
- Ruslan Rotan’s Polissya like to sit deep and try to catch opponents off guard on the break, using the pace of their wide players and the narrowness of their central midfield to suffocate their opponents and punish them in transition.
FC Kryvbas Kriviy Rih
- FC Kryvbas Kriviy Rih have won one, drawn two and lost two of their last five league fixtures.
- Patrick van Leeuwen’s Kryvbas play a completely different game to the hosts, pushing full-backs forward when they have possession and pressing high up the field to force errors and maintain their attacking play.
Head-to-Head
- The last four head-to-head meetings between the clubs have been close games with Polissya winning once, Kryvbas once and a pair of draws in all competitions.
- The last game between these two was a 1-1 draw in the Premier League 2024/2025.
Key Players
- Oleksiy Hutsuliak has been the catalyst for Polissya’s run of four wins from five, providing three goals and three assists in that run, while Mykola Gayduchyk is the team’s leading scorer with eight in the league from 19 games.
- Gleiker Mendoza is their leading scorer with six goals in 17 league appearances and his ability to play with his back to goal and bring others into play is a big part of how the team plays.
Betting Insights
- The bookmakers are certainly favoring Polissya, as they should with a home advantage and a much better current form, but 1.57 seems a bit short for them to get the win.
- Kryvbas are long shots at 5.82 while the draw is an interesting play at 3.89, but we will take the odds-on home side.
- The BTTS-No selection is favored at 1.76.
Prediction
- This will be a test of the intensity of Kryvbas’s pressing against the tempo of Polissya’s counter-attack and the game is likely to be won in the wide areas.
- Polissya have won once and lost once in their last two at home, scoring 12 goals in 10 home Premier League 2025-2026 games, so we believe Polissya are good enough to edge a close game.
