Polissya Zhytomyr (Home)
- Polissya Zhytomyr have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five league matches to push themselves up the table and sit third in the Premier League 2025-2026 standings with 52 points from 26 games.
- They are a very solid team at home with a great defensive record, conceding just 9 goals in total (0.69 per game).
- Ruslan Rotan joined as manager in June 2025 and has brought a new brand of proactive, vertical soccer to the club with fast transitions, high pressing, high energy and lots of territory domination.
- Mykola Gayduchyk continues to be their main outlet in attack with eight league goals this season, while Eduard Sarapiy has notched three of their last nine in recent weeks.
FC Oleksandriya (Away)
- 15th-placed FC Oleksandriya have only 13 points after 26 games in the same competition and appear to be in big trouble at the foot of the table.
- Volodymyr Sharan took over in March 2026 and has tried to bring a more disciplined, pragmatic style of soccer to the team, controlling the pace and structure of the game and being patient in possession.
- They lack the offensive threat to hurt opponents or create many chances, however, with Tedi Cara their leading marksman with just four goals in 24 league games, although Mateus Amaral has provided a recent spark with two of his team’s four most recent league goals.
Head-to-Head
- The visitors have won two of their last three away matches against Polissya and beat them 2-1 at this venue last season, so they have a decent record in this fixture.
- However, their record on the road is poor with no wins in 13 away Premier League games this season (Drawn 6, lost 7), averaging 0.85 goals scored and 1.85 conceded.
Polissya Zhytomyr
Mykola Gayduchyk continues to be their main outlet in attack with eight league goals this season, while Eduard Sarapiy has notched three of their last nine in recent weeks.
FC Oleksandriya
They lack the offensive threat to hurt opponents or create many chances, however, with Tedi Cara their leading marksman with just four goals in 24 league games , although Mateus Amaral has provided a recent spark with two of his team’s four most recent league goals.
Betting Insights
- Polissya are rightly heavy favourites at 1.2 for the home win, but there could be some value in the Both teams to score - No market at 1.38 as one of the teams will definitely keep a shutout here.
- The hosts are a low-scoring team with Oleksandriya being equally toothless on the attack, so under 2.5 goals at 1.97 looks a likely outcome for a close and tense game.
