Saturday’s program will open with another encounter between teams from within the playoff zone. Table leaders Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, running on 45 and 15-5, will host Energa Trefl Gdansk, seventh in the standings on 30 and 11-8, with a game in hand, at 14:45 (13:45). These two also engaged in a five-set duel in November, with hosts Trefl upsetting last season’s silver medalists in the tie-breaker.
Last season’s champions BOGDANKA LUK Lublin, also reigning national cup and national super cup laureates, will welcome Slepsk Malow Suwalki to the Globus in the next game on Saturday’s program, set to start at 17:30 (16:30). BOGDANKA have been shining at the continental level, still undefeated in the CEV Champions League, but in the PlusLiga, they are on a three-game losing streak and down to fourth place on 37 and 12-7, with a game in hand. Slepsk Malow, on the other hand, already look relatively safe from relegation, and can even meddle in the race for the playoff spots. Currently, they are in 10th place on 24 and 7-13. November’s match between the two teams in Suwalki went 3-0 they way of the visitors from Lublin.
Table trailers Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochowa will be desperate for precious points as they host JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj in Saturday’s late match at 20:00 (19:00). Steam are the current residents of the relegation zone, the 14th place, on 13 and 3-16 – four points behind 13th-placed Barkom Kazhany Lviv, but also with a game in hand. Jastrzebski Wegiel, on the other hand, are trying to secure their spot in the quarterfinals. The 2024-2025 regular season winners are in sixth place on 33 and 12-8. When they visited Jastrzebie-Zdroj in early December, the squad from Czestochowa managed to push their mighty opponents to a fifth set before conceding.
