Asseco Resovia Rzeszow - ONICO Warszawa predictions and free betting tips [23/04/2024]

Resovia Rzeszow and ONICO Warszawa will face each other in the first match of the playoff for the third place in the Polish PlusLiga Volleyball League today.

Resovia Rzeszow

The volleyball club Resovia Rzeszow finished the regular championship of the Polish PlusLiga in fourth place with 22 wins and 8 losses, showing resilience and the capability to fight to the end in the playoffs. In the quarterfinals, the team barely passed Gdansk, winning two tense matches with 3:1 and 3:2 scores. The second match proved to be particularly tough, with Jeszew having to come back from 1:2 down in sets.

However, in the semifinals, Resovia Rzeszow faced a serious challenge in the form of league leader Jastrzebski Wegiel, who twice beat them in tie-breaks with a score of 2:3 in each of the matches. Despite the fact that in the first match Resovia Rzeszow won the first set, and in the second they led with 2:1 in sets, the team couldn't keep the advantage and finish the matches in their favour. Besides their performance in the league, Rzeszow also achieved significant success on the international level, winning the CEV Cup. In the finals, the team effortlessly beat German Luneburg with a total game score of 6:0 in sets.

Over the last month, Jeszew suffered only three defeats: two in the PlusLiga semi-finals and one in the regular season against Barkom with a score of 1:3. Despite these setbacks, the team is preparing for the match for the third place, determined to demonstrate their resilience and the ability to finish the season on a high note.

ONICO Warszawa

The ONICO Warszawa finished third in the regular season of the Polish volleyball PlusLiga. The team ended the primary season with 20 victories and 5 losses, which allowed them to reach the quarterfinals. There, in the first match, Project Warsaw soundly beat LUK Lublin with a score of 3:1, but they lost on the road with a score of 0:3, only taking the victory in the golden set with a score of 15:12.

In the semifinals against Zawiercie, the ONICO Warszawa team faced serious challenges. In the first meeting they lost with a score of 0:3, and in the second they conceded with a score of 1:3, with 4 of the 6 lost sets being lost by a large margin. This emphasizes a noticeable difference in the level of play between ONICO Warszawa and their rival, who demonstrated superiority in key moments of the match.

February proved to be a month of significant international success for the Project, as they won the Challenge Cup, in the final of which they twice defeated Italian Monza with a score of 3:1. Now the ONICO Warszawa can only contend for bronze medals in the national championship,

Head to Head

In the last four meetings, the balance of victories and losses was equal - two victories each. On January 13, 2024, ONICO Warszawa lost to Resovia Rzeszow on their home ground with a score of 1:3, which was a retaliation for Resovia Rzeszow's defeat on October 22, 2023, in Warsaw with an identical score of 1:3. Earlier, on December 18, 2022, ONICO also suffered a defeat on the road, with a heavy score of 0:3. In this series of matches, the earliest meeting was the match of October 1, 2022, where Jeszew at their home venue scored a confident victory over ONICO with a score of 3:0.

Prediction for the match Resovia Rzeszow - ONICO Warszawa

For the first match for bronze, I'm backing the hosts, who gave battle to the Polish season leader Jastrzebski Wegiel in the semifinals, and miraculously did not take at least one match. They haven't lost at home for five consecutive matches up until the semifinals.