Arka Gdynia saw off Puszcza Niepołomice 3-0 in their Regular Season four clash on Monday evening. The hosts made it three wins from six matches, moving further clear of the relegation zone with a performance that trusted tempo over territory. To be fair, the visitors had more attacks but could not turn volume into danger.
V. Gutkovskis opened the scoring after just six minutes, a quick burst into space that caught the defence flat-footed. The visitors responded with a yellow card for A. Piekarski eleven minutes in, a nervous reaction rather than a tactical foul. By then the home side had found their rhythm and did not look back.
S. Szota doubled the lead seventeen minutes later, finishing a move that had stretched the away back line. The visitors had registered 112 attacks by the interval but only four shots on target — and none of them troubled the goalkeeper. And here's the thing: possession sat at fifty-fifty, yet the game had already been decided by efficiency.
F. Walus closed the game out thirty minutes in, a third goal that left Puszcza with nothing to play for. Substitutions followed in a steady stream: K. Przybylko thirty-two minutes in, A. Piekarski back on forty-six, and the home side brought on K. Iwao and M. Cholewiak together at the hour mark. Szota himself was replaced sixty-three minutes out, a quiet end to a productive afternoon.
The statistics tell a familiar story of mismatched output. Arka delivered seven shots on target to four, while Puszcza wasted thirteen attempts wide. Both sides earned two yellow cards, though K. Gruszkowski and A. Gjoni were the ones booked for the visitors. The hosts had six corners against five, but corners rarely decide matches when the main work is done.
Arka now sit fifth with ten points, a comfortable gap above the drop zone. Puszcza remain fourteenth on six points after two wins and four defeats, a run that has not improved since the opening round. The hosts have been on a good run — only one loss in their last three — and this result extends it.