PlusLiga action will continue on Friday with another clash that will affect the fight for the playoffs. JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj will entertain PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow at 17:30 (16:30). Last year’s regular season winners are currently in seventh place on 30 and 11-8, while SKRA are running ninth, but with two games in hand, on 27 and 9-8. However, the team from Belchatow arrive on a negative run of six consecutive losses between the PlusLiga and the Poland Cup. In November’s game between them, SKRA achieved a four-set home victory over Jastrzebski Wegiel.
Friday’s late match, on the other hand, is relevant to the race for survival in the PlusLiga. Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski will welcome Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochowa to the Arena Gorzow at 20:00 (19:00). Cuprum Stilon stand third from the bottom, two positions above the relegation zone, in 12th place on 18 and 5-14. Steam are the current residents of the relegation zone at the bottom of the standings and under the greatest danger of losing their place in the PlusLiga. They are 14th on 12 and 3-15, but with a game in hand. November’s fixture between the two squads resulted in a five-set duel, won by the visitors from Gorzow Wielkopolski.
Another team with concerns about its survival in the league, Ukraine’s Barkom Kazhany Lviv, will have a tough home encounter with the current table leaders, FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship bronze medalists Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie. The match in Elblag will serve off at 14:45 (13:45) on Saturday. Despite stringing up three five-set victories over strong opponents in their last three matches, Barkom Kazhany are still second from the bottom, in 13th place on 17 and 6-13. Aluron, on the other hand, are riding the wave of eight consecutive wins between the PlusLiga and the CEV Champions League and top the current standing on 42 and 14-5. They swept November’s home game against the Ukrainian team in straight sets.
