Polissia — Kharkiv. On the eve

As part of the second round of the Ukrainian Premier League 2026/27, Polissia will play a home match against Kharkiv in Zhytomyr. POLISSIA — KHARKIV MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 3:30 p.m. CENTRAL, ZHYTOMIR. CHIEF ARBITRATOR — VIKTOR KOPIEVbroadcaster (KROPYVNYTbroadcaster). LIVE ON UPL.TV The first match of the season with a very loud poster. And it will be more than just a confrontation in the second round of the championship. The result of the duel and its course should demonstrate the solidity of the ambitions of the teams of Ruslan Rotan and Mladen Bartulovich for this season. Because in the last football year, they played two very close matches, and only Maxim Bragar's goal at the beginning of May tipped the scales slightly in Polissia's favor. In the end, "Wolves" finished higher than the "golden and burgundy" and even managed to be eliminated from the European Cup qualification due to the duels against the Danish Copenhagen. This gives Rotany's team an advantage in playing tone over the opponents, but at the same time it adds physical fatigue. This was especially noticeable during the match against Chornomorets last weekend under the crazy Odessa sun, which Polissy had to turn in their own favor (2:1). Kharkiv, meanwhile, had only one game this season, but after the duel against Rivne Veres, there were certainly no fewer questions for Bartulovich's team. Only a minimal victory with a goal by Ramik Hajiyev in the last minutes, although the advantage of Kharkiv was quite convincing after the game. Obviously, the problems with the implementation of the game pattern during the off-season period have not gone anywhere, and since the "gold and burgundy" and the "wolves" will one way or another cross paths with Shakhtar Donetsk in the near future, we can get a significant reduction in intrigue already at the start of the campaign. And, perhaps, its significant growth. INDICATIVE COMPOSITIONS Polissia: Bushchan — Mykhailichenko, Chobotenko, Krasnichy, Krushynbroadcaster — Andrievbroadcaster, Babenko, Fedor — Veleten, Krasnopir, Nazarenko. Kharkiv: Ermakov — Krupbroadcaster, Pavlyuk, Shabanov, Martyniuk — Yatsyk, Kalyuzhny, Profini — Castillo, Parako, Rashitsa. INTERESTING FACTS - Kharkiv will play its 110th match in the UPL and may concede 150 goals (three more goals); - Polissia can suffer 10 home defeats in the championship; - Polissia won at home in the last three UPL matches — a club record; - Kharkiv has not lost five championship matches in a row: two wins, three draws; - Oleksandr Nazarenko can score 25 goals in the UPL, Eduard Sarapii — 15, Maxim Bragaru (all from Polissia) — 10; - Borys Krushynbroadcasteri can play 100 matches in the championship, Ilir Krasnichy (both from Polissia) - 50; - Georgy Ermakov (Kharkiv) can play 20 "dry" matches in the UPL. FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS CURRENT FORM forecast 1:1