BKS Bostik Bydgoszcz claimed a 2:3 victory over Czarni Radom in the 1. Liga on 8 October 2026. The away side took all three sets in straight fashion, with the final set ending 25:19. It was a result that shifted the balance in the lower half of the table.
Before the match, the hosts sat sixth with four points from two games, while the visitors were tenth on three points after three matches. By then, Czarni had already tasted defeat against AZS Poznań, losing 2:3 away. Bostik carried a 1-2 record into this fixture.
We had backed the hosts at 70 per cent confidence, but things came to a head differently. The visitors kept their heads under pressure and punished the hosts when it mattered most. And here's the thing about cup football — or any league where momentum matters — you cannot afford to drop games like this.
The result lifts Bostik to nine points from four matches, closing the gap on several sides above them. Czarni remain on four points but now carry the weight of a home loss. The visitors extended their winning run to two matches after picking up that victory in Sędziszów Małopolski last week.
What struck me watching was how the visitors adapted. They were second to nothing in the opening exchanges, then tightened up when the hosts tried to respond. To be fair, the hosts showed character in the third set, but the visitors handed them a reality check in the decider.
By the final whistle, the standings told a different story from what the pre-match analysis suggested. Bostik moved closer to the mid-table pack, while Czarni's hopes of a strong start took a knock. The gap between sixth and tenth shrank to five points, and anything can happen in this competition.
