"Karpaty faces a surprise in the UPL: Match preview against Veres."

On Saturday, December 7, "Karpaty" will host Rivne's "Veres" in Lviv as part of the 16th round of the Ukrainian Championship. The match will take place at the "Ukraine" stadium and is scheduled to start at 18:00. The main referee for the encounter will be Maksym Kozyryatskyi (Zaporizhzhia), with Andrii Kovalenko (Poltava) overseeing the VAR.

"Veres" travels to Lviv with a 10-match unbeaten streak (including the Ukrainian Cup). Meanwhile, "Karpaty" has struggled to find consistency, alternating between wins and losses. Last week, the Rivne team secured a 2:1 victory against LNZ in Cherkasy, while the "green-whites" faced a similar fate, losing 2:1 to "Zorya".

Before their direct clash, "Karpaty" sits sixth in the UPL standings, while "Veres" is in eighth place, but the gap between the teams is only two points. In the first round, the teams played to a goalless draw.

FAVBET considers "Karpaty" the favorite of the match. Their victory is priced at 2.42, while a win for "Veres" is valued at 3.10. A draw is quoted at 3.30. Experts do not anticipate a high-scoring game: the standard total for over 2.5 goals is set at 2.47, while the total for under 2.5 goals is at 1.54. "Karpaty" player Ihor Nevesh has the best chance to score at 3.30, while "Veres" player Marko Mrvaljevic is at 3.10.

Where to watch the UPL match of the 16th round between "Karpaty" and "Veres"

The match will be available for live streaming on the UPL.TV channel. It can be accessed on OTT platforms and through cable networks such as Kyivstar TV, Vоля TV, Setanta Sports, sweet.tv, Omega TV, and Vodafone TV.