Karpaty vs Kudrivka Prediction

Form: Karpaty's season dips just lately

Across their last 20 matches, Karpaty have won 11, drawn five and lost four, scoring 36 and conceding just 15. That's a healthy overall return. But the last month has been shakier: a draw with Veres Rivne, cup and league defeats to Kolos Kovalivka, and a loss to Shakhtar Donetsk have all come in quick succession.

Karpaty: 20 completed matches; Kudrivka: 20 completed matches.

Karpaty

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

16

Difference

+22

Kudrivka

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

65% 13 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

40

Difference

-17

Kudrivka's form, over the same 20-game sample, is in real trouble. They've won just five, lost 12 and shipped 38 goals. Their recent trips have brought heavy defeats at Shakhtar, Lozova and Polessya, with barely a goal going the other way.

Karpaty remain the stronger side on balance, but they're not quite flying right now.

Comparative Team Statistics: Karpaty vs Kudrivka

Head-to-head: tighter than the table suggests

The two previous meetings between these sides both ended level — 1-1 in March and 2-2 the August before that. It's a small sample and it predates this season's form, but it's a reminder that head-to-head results don't always follow the league table.

Kudrivka have shown before they can take something from this fixture, even when the gap looks wide.

Standings: a big gap in the table

Karpaty sit third with 14 points from seven games, having scored 15 and conceded just five. Kudrivka are down in 16th with only two points from six matches, already having let in 16.

Team news: no standout scorer for Karpaty

Karpaty's scoring is spread around rather than resting on one man: N. Rusyn and J. Séry both have just a single goal apiece from their recent appearances. A handful of players carry two yellow cards each, nothing that points to a suspension concern.

Karpaty:

Best scorers:

N. Rusyn - 1

J. Séry - 1

Penalty cards:

N. Rusyn x 2

A. Chachua x 2

V. Baboglo x 2

There's no comparable player information available for Kudrivka here, so it's hard to say much about their personnel heading into this one.