SK Poltava
- However, their form has been atrocious recently.
- They have drawn two and lost three from their last five and their record at home isn’t much better either with zero wins, one draw and two defeats from the last three.
- Pavlo Matviychenko took over the reins in July 2025 and has tried to turn his team into a compact side with plenty of turnover in wide areas and quick transitions when pressing high to try and punish teams on the counter.
Dynamo Kyiv
- 4th-placed Dynamo Kyiv have 48 points from 27 games in the Premier League in a tight top-heavy league that is really a three-horse race for the top two places in the table, but they are still well in the mix for European qualification.
- However, a recent home loss to Shakhtar Donetsk in the league (1-2) saw their recent record stand at W2, D1, L2 from the last five and they will be desperate to snap out of their minor slump on Saturday.
Head-to-Head
SK Poltava’s last head-to-head win was the 2-1 away victory over Dynamo Kyiv five months ago in the Premier League.
SK Poltava
- Maksim Marusich leads Poltava’s scoring with just three goals in 17 Premier League matches.
- Valeriy Sad has scored twice in their recent five-game stretch.
Dynamo Kyiv
- Mykola Shaparenko has three assists in the last five.
- Matviy Ponomarenko has 12 goals in 14 Premier League appearances and three in his last five.
Betting Insights
- They concede 1.5 goals per away game in the Premier League and do leave their back four vulnerable at times by playing the ball out from the back and being stretched wide.
- However, Dynamo Kyiv’s odds-on 1.1 favorite to take all three points looks ridiculous and 8.0 for the draw is a lot less attractive considering Poltava are on a run of five games without a win.
Prediction
Instead, I’m taking the Over 2.5 goals at 1.21 option as Dynamo Kyiv will be looking for goals in what could be a long and dramatic evening.
