Illichivets Mariupol vs Karpaty Lviv Prediction & Betting Tips

The Premier League clash at Volodymyr Boiko Stadium on Saturday will see hosts Illichivets Mariupol up against Karpaty Lviv.

Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Illichivets Mariupol v Karpaty Lviv can be found here (including the best match odds).

📏 Form Guide

Illichivets Mariupol LLDDWW 🌤

Illichivets Mariupol are hoping to win again following the 2-1 Premier League success vs Dnipro-1.

It’s not been often in recent games where Illichivets Mariupol haven’t conceded. The reality is that Mariupol have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals during that time.

Karpaty Lviv DLLDDD 📉

In the game prior to this, Karpaty Lviv drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with FC Lviv.

It is worth noting that Karpaty Lviv have suffered from a shortage of goals in their past 6 clashes, netting the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, Zeleno-Bili have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 9. We will just have to see if that trend will be sustained here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 13/08/2017 shows that Illichivets Mariupol have won 2 of them and Karpaty Lviv 0, with the tally of drawn matches being 4.

14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from Mariupol and 5 belonging to Zeleno-Bili. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

📰 Team News: Illichivets Mariupol

Illichivets Mariupol boss Oleksandr Babych will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match owing to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.

ℹ️ Team News: Karpaty Lviv

Owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection, Karpaty Lviv boss Roman Sanzhar does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Illichivets Mariupol should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, Karpaty Lviv will not find it easy to make a breakthrough - but, we do see them being dangerous at times, too.

We’re tipping a 3-1 margin for Illichivets Mariupol by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 23:15 30/06/2020