GKS Katowice - Cuprum Lubin predictions and free betting tips [04/01/2024]

Moving on to the final match of the 14th round of the PlusLiga volleyball, which will be a tussle between teams scraping the bottom of the league. GKS Katowice will host Cuprum from the city of Lubin

GKS Katowice

The season start for GKS Katowice has been disastrous. The horrifying series of eight games losing streak was depressing but they managed to grab a hard-fought victory over Norvid Czestochowa (3:2) and seemed to grasp the concept of winning, however, they fell in the following 2 matches, albeit playing against strong opponents. Now, the volleyball players under Grzegorz Slaba have a mini trudge of two successful confrontations against direct competitors in the relegation zone.

Against Charni Radom, GKS Katowice had a quality match where for the first time Grzegorz Slaba's men did not lose a single set. Then they managed to surpass the Ukrainian club Barkom-Kazhany, despite giving away the starting set and playing away.

The GKS Katowice has an adequate line-up to prevent a First League drop-out. Marcin Walinski is displaying a good statistic playing in his position, a big fan of beach volleyball by the way. Jakub Yarosh has played well, being very efficient in recent matches.

In general, GKS Katowice has enough solid volleyball players, but the team has a difficult time performing in the current season of PlusLiga. The match against Kuprum will be important, as home victories, and preferably solid ones, are needed to keep a safe distance from the relegation zone.

Cuprum

The team led by Pawel Rusek had a relentless match with Resovia Rzeszow, but lost (1:3), although the team from Lubin could have even secured 2 sets if they had been a bit quicker in the first set. Cuprum has few victories, precisely two. On the road, they managed to defeat Slepsk Suwalki, and in the first round, they almost effortlessly secured a victory against Barkom-Kazhany. In other showdowns, Pawel Rusek's volleyball players are often too unproductive.

In terms of recruiting players, the Lubin club's coaching staff has no issues, though the team clearly lacks overall class. Jake Heins is traditionally good at the front, they have a number of good link players, but sometimes there are complex deficiencies in the blocks, and Kuprum players are not always able to act cohesively near the net.

Perhaps one should not consider Pawel Rusek's volleyball players as absolute underdogs in the match against GKS Katowice, but in my view, the coefficients for this meeting are set fairly.

Match Prediction: GKS Katowice - Cuprum

I would choose a difficult bet. I think GKS Katowice lost minimum 2 sets. I do not rule out that we might even see a total of 5 sets in such an important match for both teams.