Eżorak beat SMS Kwidzyn 44:31 in the Polish First League on Saturday evening. The hosts moved up a place in the standings while the visitors slipped further away from the top half. It was a clean result, the kind that settles a division without drama.
Eżorak started with that familiar energy. They had lost their last outing 30:35 to Grudziądz and came out looking to put that behind them. The opening exchanges were tight, but the home side found a rhythm by then. They took control early and kept it.
Kwidzyn have been difficult to beat this season. Three draws and two wins from five games without a loss shows they are organised. They stayed in the game longer than most expected. But against a side that had won four of their previous five, the margin was always going to be tight.
And here's the thing about this match. The scoreline told one story, but the flow told another. Kwidzyn kept finding ways back in, which is what you expect from a side unbeaten so far. Eżorak simply answered each time. The gap widened when the visitors ran out of ideas rather than energy.
Our prediction called for a home win at 69 per cent confidence. It came true, though the margin was wider than most of us expected. Eżorak had been scoring heavily before this — 51:28 against Wibże Gdańsk II earlier in the season — but this felt different. The away side had nothing left to give.
The result takes Eżorak to the top of the table on 15 points. Kwidzyn drop to eighth with six points. The gap between them opens up. That matters in a league where every point counts and the structure can shift on a single afternoon.