Jason Collins
Dailysports's expert
Kryvbas
Chornomorets Odesa
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Within the first round of the UPL, on August 3, Kryvbas - Chornomorets will meet. Dailysports experts have prepared their prediction for this confrontation.
Kryvbas
Kryvorizhzhya club last season half of the tournament distance competed with the grands Shakhtar and Dynamo, but the team was not enough for the whole distance, as a result they finished in third place. This result allowed Kryvbas to qualify for the Europa League, where they will have to play against the strong Viktoria Plzen.
In the off-season, the club looked good in friendlies, suffering only one defeat in seven matches, and managed to beat Dinamo Zagreb - 2:0, a draw against Young Boys - 2:2. The head coach of the team does not hide the fact that the players are tasked to get through to the group round of the Europa League.
Chornomorets
The Odessa club did not have the brightest last season, finishing only 12th in the UPL. Strongly bitter finish of the team, 7 defeats in 8 matches, even under such circumstances, there was no threat of departure. Chernomorets played well in the Cup of Ukraine, where they managed to reach the semifinals, and there lost to Shakhtar with a score of 1:4.
The team played exclusively against Ukrainian teams in the summer and looked unimportant, with only one win in five encounters, and most of the opponents were from lower class divisions. Chornomorets will find it difficult to fight for high places in the upcoming season.
Interesting facts about the match and history of head-to-head meetings
- The teams played each other three times last season, Chernomorets won in the Cup of Ukraine - 2:1, and Kryvbas took revenge in the championship, where they defeated the opponent twice - 1:0 and 2:1.
- Bookmakers have prepared such quotes for this match: W1 - 1.36, X - 5.3, W2 - 9.3.
Kryvbas vs Chornomorets Prediction
The home team is the favorite in this pair, and the odds on Kryvbas' success are only falling. In such a match it is difficult to determine the favorite, because it is not clear what form the opponents are in. Krivoy Rog club looked better in the summer matches, but the official meetings are quite different. I will risk to bet on a total of more than 2.5 goals.
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