[Football- Poland 'Ekstraklasa'] 29.4/ 19:00 Puszcza- Korona

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[Football- Poland 'Ekstraklasa'] 29.4/ 19:00 Puszcza- Korona

A very important match for both teams. Perhaps decisive for staying in the Ekstraklasa. I am an ardent fan of the team from Niepołomice, appreciating Tomasz Tułacz's team for their professional approach to duties, bravery, commitment and "normality". The team deprived of the opportunity to play at its own stadium, playing its home matches as a guest at the Cracovia stadium, has been doing very well recently. A team without pseudo-stars and stars, with a low budget and normal contracts, as you can see, is able to successfully compete with the theoretically strongest teams in the league. Puszcza has been undefeated for 5 league matches, and won the last two, defeating Lech Poznań twice in Krakow 2-1 as the host, and then Cracovia, from which it rents the stadium, 1-0 as the guests. This last victory is also very valuable, thanks to it Puszcza was equal in points with Cracovia, having a better balance of direct matches, which may be important in the case of the same number of points at the end of the competition. All three teams Puszcza, Cracovia and Korona are deeply involved in the fight for league existence. Currently, the team from Niepołomice is outside the relegation zone in 14th place, having 32 points the same as Cracovia and 2 points ahead of today's rival. This shows the scale of today's fight.

According to the bookmaker, the guests are going to Niepołomice after a high home win over Radomiak 4-0 as a slight favorite, but I do not think it is consistent with the reality on the pitch, as evidenced by the away statistics of the "gold and reds". Korona won for the last time in the delegation on September 29, 2023 in the 10th round of the Ekstraklasa, defeating Stal Mielec 3:2. Since then, in the next 9 away matches, they drew 4 times and lost 5 times. All away defeats are from the last 5 league matches, so Korona is not the hegemon of the delegation, to put it mildly. Generally, looking at the current field statistics of both teams as host and guest, it can be seen that Puszcza in Krakow almost never loses 5-7-2, and the away teams do not win 1-5-8. Theoretically, the most reasonable result in this clash should be a draw, but I am counting on a good streak of "Żubr" and their win, which will allow them to jump away from Korona by 5 points and will significantly bring them closer to staying in the league.

This clash is also a duel of two interesting coaching personalities from home. The local team's manager, Tomasz Tułacz, created an interesting team that was doing quite well in the inaugural season, considering the performance of other newcomers. In turn, Kamil Kuzera, a former Korona player, was a member of the "Banda Świrów" during the term of coach Leszek Ojrzyński. Recently, in Fortuna 1. Liga and PKO Ekstraklasa, he was an assistant to coach Ojrzyński. He was a temporary coach after the former was fired, and now he runs Korona on his own. The contract is valid until June 30, 2025. Greater coaching experience on Tułacz's side promises to be an interesting confrontation. I think there will be a tough fight. This match can also be considered in terms of an over card or a red card. The arbitrator will be Bartosz Frankowski. This will be his 20th match as the main referee in PKO BP Ekstraklasa matches this season, including the third one with the participation of the Kielce team. So far, he has coached their home matches against Zagłębie Lubin (2:0) - 4 yellows, 1 red, and away matches against Lech Poznań (0:1) - 4 yellows. He was also the referee of two previous meetings involving Puszcza. He coached the match Puszcza - Jagiellonia (3:3) - 6 yellows, 1 red, as well as the away match Ruch - Puszcza (0:0) - 7
yellows.

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