Karpaty Lviv vs LNZ Cherkasy

The tightest defence after the champions' LNZ Cherkasy closed the previous campaign second, conceding just seventeen goals in thirty rounds, less than six tenths of a goal a game: behind Shakhtar nobody was more solid. That form took the club into the Conference League. An opponent with balanced numbers Karpaty Lviv, ninth in the same season, scored forty goals while conceding thirty-one, with eleven draws telling of a side often able to stay in games but not always to settle them. The meeting of a team this solid at the back and one that alternates results makes a decisive game a real prospect: I read it at around 70%. A preview with LNZ looking to impose their balance.