Karpaty vs Oleksandria Prediction

Recent form: a cooling Karpaty against a steady Oleksandria

Karpaty's overall record across their last twenty matches looks solid, eleven wins from twenty with plenty of goals scored. But the shape of that record matters. Their last five outings have brought a draw, two defeats including one to Shakhtar Donetsk, and only patchy signs of control.

Karpaty: 20 completed matches; Oleksandria: 20 completed matches.

Karpaty

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

16

Difference

+22

Oleksandria

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

18

Difference

+15

Oleksandria's numbers over the same stretch are close, eleven wins and six draws from twenty, but their recent run in the Persha Liga has been more encouraging. They've won or drawn each of their last five fixtures in that competition, without conceding much.

Karpaty's overall record still edges it, but their recent weeks have been shakier than Oleksandria's.

Comparative Team Statistics: Karpaty vs Oleksandria

Head-to-head: Karpaty have had the better of it lately

These two go back a long way, with meetings stretching over a decade. Oleksandria dominated large stretches of that history, winning plenty of the fixtures played through the late 2010s.

More recently, though, the pattern has flipped. Karpaty have won each of the last three meetings between these sides, all coming in Premier League fixtures over the past couple of seasons.

The recent head-to-head trend favours Karpaty, even if the long-term record is closer to even.

A cup tie across two divisions

This is a meeting between a top-flight side and a Persha Liga club, which always adds a bit of uncertainty to a cup tie. Karpaty will go in as the team from the higher division, but their recent league form hasn't been convincing, with defeats mixed among the draws.

Oleksandria arrive with a decent recent run behind them, even if it's come against Persha Liga opposition rather than top-flight sides. Cup matches like this don't always follow the pattern you'd expect from the league table alone, and with the fixture still a month away, both sides could look different by kickoff.