"Polissya" - "Kryvbas". Preview

Yesterday, Kryvbas went to Zhytomyr for the central match of the 20th round of the UPL with Polissya. Our team was preparing for an important confrontation in a one-off mode. In the last round, Kryvyi Rih lost two points in Kyiv against Obolon - 0:0, and Zhytomyr lost at home to Dynamo - 1:2.

Today's opponents are neighbors in the table. Three points will significantly bring our team closer to the opponent, who is in third place, because currently the gap is only five points. In the first round match, Polissya won in Kryvyi Rih by a narrow margin - 1:0 thanks to a goal by Haiduchyk at the end of the match. The last match of the teams in Zhytomyr took place in the spring of 2025 and then it was a battle for a place in the European cups, which we unfortunately lost - 1:1.

Red-and-white forward Paraco will definitely not play tomorrow, as he received his fourth warning of the season in the last round and will now serve a suspension. Who will play on the wing in a difficult match? We'll find out tomorrow.

PURCHASE SEASON PASSES

Ukrainian Championship 2025\2026. VBET League. Round 20.

"Polissya" Zhytomyr - "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih.

March 14, 2026, Saturday. Zhytomyr. "Central City Stadium "Polissya". 18:00.

Referee appointments:

Head referee – Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv).

Assistant referees – Volodymyr Dumenko (Kharkiv), Yaroslav Povazhny (Kharkiv).

Fourth referee – Artem Mykhailiuk (Cherkasy).

VAR referee – Viktor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi).

Assistant VAR referee – Vitaliy Skoblya (Sumy).

UAF delegate – Serhiy Bukhalenkov (Kyiv).

Referee observer – Yuriy Moseychuk (Chernivtsi).

VAR observer – Leonid Yarmolynskyi (Kyiv region).

UAF security officer – Anatoliy Svystun (Chernihiv).

Broadcast: UPL TV.

Last match of the opponent in the championship:

Polissya - Dynamo 1:2 (1:1). VBET League 2025\2026. 19th round. 08.03.2026.

Goals: Oleksiy Hutsulyak, penalty, 40 (1:0). Matviy Ponomarenko, 45+2 (1:1). Matviy Ponomarenko, 60 (1:2).

"Polissya": Volynets, Chobotenko, Krushynskyi, Emerllahu (Shepelev), Andrievskyi (Fedor, 65), Sarapiy, Nazarenko (Maysuradze, 81), Babenko (k) (I. Krasnichy, 64), Mykhailichenko, Gutsulyak, Krasnopir (Gaiduchyk).

Substitutes: Bushchan, Kudryk, Filippov, Ivanov, Borel, Lednev, Melnychenko.

Head coach: Ruslan Rotan.

Interesting facts:

- the history of the teams' matches in the championships of Ukraine includes 7 games: +4=1-2 (9-8) - a small advantage on the side of Zhytomyr;

- "Kryvbas" played nine times in the current season in away matches: +3=4-3 (13-16) - 16 points.

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