Resovia visit Czestochowa determined to improve road record

Going through an inconsistent moment in the 2025-2026 Polish PlusLiga, Asseco Resovia Rzeszow want to find their best form ahead of the start of the playoffs, and improving their road record will be a big step in that direction.

Ranked fifth in the standings, the team from Rzeszów will have a good opportunity to earn a positive result away from their stadium during the 24th leg, as they're set to face last-placed Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochowa on Saturday, at 17:30 local time (16:30 UTC).

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Resovia had a promising start to their season when playing as visitors, as they won their first four road matches, but their form started to drop in December, until getting to the current point, when they have six victories and six losses away from their homecourt.

Since the end of December, the team has only one triumph in five road matches, and those results contributed to their recent drop in the standings, which took them down from third to fifth.

"We're trying to prepare the team for the most important moments of the season, and we're not stable yet," head coach Massimo Botti said. "We'll certainly have a very difficult match this weekend. We need to approach it as a final, because besides needing a good result to improve our position in the standings, we also want to play better than we did last week. They desperately need the points, so we need to be ready for a very tough match."

With 16 points, Czestochowa have their backs against the wall in the race to avoid relegation and need to earn as many points as they can before the end of the regular season to keep their hopes of staying in the Polish elite alive. They have a four-point gap and one game in hand over InPost ChKS Chełm, who rank 13th.

Saturday will mark the second encounter between the teams in the season, and Resovia triumphed 3-1 in the first round of the regular season. They have three wins and two losses against Czestochowa in PlusLiga history.

First match on Thursday

The 24th leg begins on Thursday, only one day after the conclusion of the 23rd leg. The first teams to get on the court will be seventh-placed JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj and 12th-placed Barkom Kazhany Lviv, which clash at 17:30 (16:30 UTC).

Saturday will be a busy day, with three other matches. Set to start at 12:30 (11:30 UTC), the first of them will feature league leaders Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and fourth-placed Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.

A couple of hours later, at 14:45 (13:45 UTC), ninth-placed ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle host second-placed PGE Projekt Warsaw. The last match of the day, at 20:00 (19:00 UTC), will have third-placed BOGDANKA LUK Lublin playing 11th-placed Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski.

PlusLiga 2025-2026 schedule and results

The leg will also have eighth-placed PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow facing sixth-placed Energa Trefl Gdansk on Sunday at 14:45 (13:45 UTC) and 13th-placed InPost ChKS Chelm meeting tenth-placed Slepsk Malow Suwalki on Monday at 17:30 (16:30 UTC).

PlusLiga 2025-2026 upcoming matches:
Feb 26, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj v Barkom Kazhany Lviv

Feb 28, 12:30 local (11:30 UTC): Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie v Indykpol AZS Olsztyn

Feb 28, 14:45 local (13:45 UTC): ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle v PGE Projekt Warsaw

Feb 28, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochow v Asseco Resovia Rzeszow

Feb 28, 20:00 local (19:00 UTC): BOGDANKA LUK Lublin v Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski

Mar 1, 14:45 local (13:45 UTC): PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow v Energa Trefl Gdansk

Mar 2, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): InPost ChKS Chelm v Slepsk Malow Suwalki

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