Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Widzew Lodz (5th, 55 pts) held a 17-point advantage over ROW Rybnik (16th, 38 pts). Recent form flatters ROW Rybnik's table spot — 6th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Scoring rates set the scale: Widzew Lodz 1.41 scored and 0.85 conceded per game, ROW Rybnik 0.97 and 1.21, with the league averaging 1.31.
Widzew Lodz had won three straight. ROW Rybnik had gone 13 games without a win. The five-game form split read 10/15 points for Widzew Lodz against 1/15 for ROW Rybnik.
Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź in Łódź, capacity 18,008, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: ROW Rybnik led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.