photo of UPL December 13, 2025, 11:00 a.m

As part of the sixteenth round of the Ukrainian Premier League 2025/26, local Polissia will play a home match against Lviv Carpathians in Zhytomyr.

POLYSIA — CARPATHIANS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 6:00 p.m. CENTRAL, ZHYTOMIR. CHIEF REFEREE — OLEKSANDR AFANASIEV (KHARKIV). LIVE ON UPL.TV Zhytomyrske Polissya begins a new era together with the title partner — GGBET. They are united by a common vision of a good game: skill, fan emotions and love for football matches. It is from this that the GG-experience is born, which the bookmaker brand strives to give to fans.

Would add a little intrigue in the standings to this confrontation, and why not definitely the central match of the tour? But even so, we are expecting a bright “animal” duel between the “wolves” and the “lions”, who recently have not been able to find their game in the championship. For Ruslan Rotan’s team, under the conditions of being in the championship race, the lack of stable victories in general looks like a suicidal factor. And the team of Vladyslav Lupashko, apparently, was going to the European Cups once.

However, Carpathians cannot win three matches in a row, two of which were lost to potential competitors in the form of Metalist 1925 (1:2) and Zora (0:1). “Green and white” are mercilessly criticized, and rightly so, because the level of opportunities and ambitions of the club at the moment does not correspond to what we see on the football field. The fans have already collected a lot of questions about Polissia, but the Rotan team at least consistently brings some more or less positive emotions to their fans.

Another thing is that in the absence of a sequence of successful performances, the people of Zhytomyr have excessive emotions, which, in particular, led to the fact that Ruslan Rotan will watch this game in the stands. And in general, he received a record fine from UAF for his own behavior during the lost match against Rukh in the last round (0:1). So Serhiy Kravchenko will try to be in the thick of events and try not to lose his head.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the barricade will be Vladyslav Lupashko, who was also sent to the stands this season due to unsportsmanlike behavior. At the same time, the emotions of the Carpathian helmsman can be understood – he has already been “fired” and “reinstated” 15 times this season, just for the number of matches played in the championship. Because this is what football in the Carpathians is like at the moment – emotional and passionate, but at the same time terribly unstable. In the first round, for example, they got burned in a home game by “Wolves” (0:2), so there could be a rematch here.

The match between Polissia and Carpathians is coming soon. So, it’s time to choose your line! In this confrontation, GGBET experts favor Polissy with a coefficient of 2.16. And the victory of the Carpathians is estimated at 4.30. Turn on the match and hold your line with GGBET – the title partner of the Wolves!

INTERESTING FACTS – Polissia can score 50 goals in the championship on their own field – three more goals;

– Polissia has not lost six matches in a row at home in the UPL: three wins, three draws;

– Carpathians have not won in any of the last three matches: a draw and two defeats, and have not scored for 231 minutes;

– Polissia did not miss 540 minutes in home matches in the championship – a club record;

– Ruslan Rotan (Polyssia) can win 40 matches in the championship;

– Carpathians can hold 20 “dry” matches in the UPL;

– Oleksiy Hutsuliak (Polyssia) can score 50 goals at the club level.

INDICATIVE COMPOSITIONS Polissya: Volynets — Mykhailichenko, Chobotenko, Sarapiy, Krushynskyi — Shepelev, Babenko — Hutsuliak, Bragaru, Nazarenko — Hayduchyk.

Carpathians: Domchak — Sych, Baboglo, Pedrozu, Miroshnichenko — Tanda — Alvarez, Chachua — Fedor — Krasnopir, Bruninho.

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