Kryvbas KR vs LNZ Cherkasy Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form for both sides

LNZ Cherkasy's results have swung both ways lately. They've taken heavy away defeats against the division's stronger sides, losing 3-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk and 3-0 at Karpaty, but they've also won at home against Obolon'-Brovar and Chornomorets and drawn away at Dynamo Kyiv and Bukovyna.

Kryvbas KR: 20 completed matches; LNZ Cherkasy: 20 completed matches.

Kryvbas KR

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

34

Difference

-6

LNZ Cherkasy

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

17

Difference

+5

Kryvbas KR's league form has been shakier still. Their recent home matches have brought two draws and a heavy 1-4 loss to Karpaty, though they did pick up an away win at Zorya Luhansk and have progressed comfortably in the Cup with wins over Olimpiya Savyntsi and Rokyta.

LNZ have shown they can win at home but haven't beaten a strong side away from home in this sample.

Comparative Team Statistics: Kryvbas KR vs LNZ Cherkasy

Head-to-head record

These two have met six times since 2023, and the pattern has shifted around a fair bit. Kryvbas won three of the first four meetings, including a 3-1 home win and a 3-0 away win, but the two most recent encounters before this run went to draws, both 0-0.

The last meeting, back in April, saw LNZ win 3-0 away at Kryvbas, easily their biggest margin in this fixture. It's a small sample, and history that far back doesn't tell us much about where either side is right now, but it does show this fixture hasn't been one-sided over time.

Where they stand

LNZ Cherkasy sit seventh with eight points from seven games, while Kryvbas are down in fourteenth with five points from six. LNZ have the better points return, but interestingly both sides have an identical minus-three goal difference, so it's not as if Kryvbas are being torn apart defensively compared to LNZ.

The points gap looks bigger than the underlying goal difference suggests.

How this one might play out

Home advantage isn't obviously working in Kryvbas's favour right now. In their recent home league matches they've managed two draws and a heavy defeat, with no win in that sample.

LNZ's away form tells a similar story from the other side. Their away league results in this stretch are two draws and two defeats, with no win on the road. Put those two patterns together and neither side arrives with a clear edge in this specific matchup.