In top form, Budowlani and UNI Opole meet in the Tauron Liga

The two hottest teams in the 2025-2026 Tauron Liga right now, PGE Budowlani Łódź and UNI Opole are set to collide in what should be the most exciting match of the seventh leg of the tournament's regular season.

Ranked second and fourth in the standings, they will play on Saturday, at 12:30 local time (11:30 UTC), in Łódź, in one of the six Polish League matches set to take place over the next three days.

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After surprisingly dropping their opening match to ITA TOOLS STAL Mielec, Budowlani have been unstoppable in the Tauron Liga, securing five consecutive victories in the tournament. The excellent results have taken them to second place in the fourth leg, and they continue there, now with 15 points (five wins, one loss).

With 80 and 72 points registered, respectively, Swiss opposite Maja Storck and Polish national team outside hitter Paulina Damaske are the team's most productive players in the season. Budowlani also have the league's top blocker in Slovenian Saša Planinšec, who already registered 23 stops, and the third-best defender in libero Justyna Łysiak, who has tallied 94 digs.

Their opponents UNI Opole have had a similar rise in the standings to get to their current fourth place. The team dropped its first two matches of the season, but then entered a four-match winning streak that took them into the top four in the sixth leg, when they got to 12 points (four wins, two losses).

The second-best scorer in the entire league with 109 points, veteran opposite and team captain Katarzyna Zaroślinska-Król has been one of the main reasons for their strong campaign. UNI Opole have also been getting good production from their international outside hitters - Mexican Uxue Guereca has 78 points scored and leads the league in aces with 13, Swedish Hanna Hellvig comes right next with 74 and American Élan McCall appears in second place in the entire league in passing efficiency with 58.82%.

The teams have faced each other twice in each Tauron Liga season since 2021-2022, and Budowlani have won each of the eight encounters already held, getting sweeps on five occasions and being pushed to five sets just once.

Relegation candidates open the week on Thursday

The seventh leg of the regular season starts on Thursday with a duel involving two teams that are actively fighting to avoid relegation - 12th-placed EcoHarpoon NOWEL LOS Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki host ninth-placed Sokół & Hagric Mogilno at 17:30 (16:30 UTC).

Another two encounters will be held on Friday, with third-placed ŁKS Commercecon Łódź meeting sixth-placed BKS BOSTIK ZGO Bielsko-Biała at 16:00 (15:00 UTC) and 11th-placed Stal Mielec playing against fifth-placed MOYA Radomka Radom at 17:30 (16:30 UTC).

Tauron Liga - Match Schedule & Results

On Saturday, after the meeting between Budowlani and UNI Opole, tenth-placed #VolleyWrocław will play league leaders KS DevelopRes Rzeszów at 16:00 (15:00 UTC) and eighth-placed Metalkas Pałac Bydgoszcz will face seventh-placed LOTTO Chemik Police at 20:00 (19:00 UTC).

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