Anticipation builds as Polessya prepare to host Shakhtar Donetsk at Tsentralnyi Stadion on 2025-10-18 (kick-off 16:00 GMT), in week 9 of the 2025-2026 Premier League.
With the data available to us, R. Rotan and A. Turan have not met as managers before.
Polessya are 4th in the standings with 15 points, followed by Shakhtar Donetsk in 1st on 17 points.
Neither Polessya nor Shakhtar Donetsk are missing any players.
We're predicting Polessya to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-1-4-1, and Shakhtar Donetsk are expected to line up in 4-1-4-1.
Last time out, O. Andriievskyi registered the best mark for Polessya - 7.6 - and Y. Nazaryna did likewise for Shakhtar Donetsk with an 8.2 score.
Polessya won 2-1 against Kolos Kovalivka, while Shakhtar Donetsk lost their fixture 1-4 vs LNZ Cherkasy.
Both teams have been in great form: Polessya 4-0-1 and Shakhtar Donetsk 4-0-1 over their last 5 matches.
Polessya have clearly got the edge H2H: in 6 meetings, they've beaten Shakhtar Donetsk 3 times, with 1 draw and only 2 losses.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (2-0-2 vs 3-2-0) and scoring roughly 1.50-1.33 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
Polissya Zhytomyr is going head to head with Shakhtar Donetsk on 18/10/2025 15:00 GMT at Tsentralnyi Stadion for the Ukraine Premier League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Polissya Zhytomyr v Shakhtar Donetsk H2H statistics!