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17th round brings us a real derby for the top of the Superliga between the defending champions and current leaders Lubin and second-placed Pogon. Selgros Lubin have a point more but also a game less, with a win they will secure their position. The competition is in its last third of the regular season, and with the way things are, the winner of this game will start the play-off from the top position. Home team are going into this match wanting revenge for the defeat in Szczecin in the first part of the season (23-29). That was Lublin's first and only defeat this season, and the reason for it was absence of 5 players (Kocele, Drablik, Syncerz, Repelewska, Midhailova). Quintino and Niedzwiedz are questionable ahead of today's game, but they trained and skipped the last two games, and the latter one will definitely be on the roster. Defending champions are fired up for this game, which is confirmed by goalkeeper Gawlik's statement that 'there are several games in the regular season which provide a lot of emotion, which are played with more adrenaline and in which it is necessary to show who is the boss in Superliga. That's the game against Pogon and we have to get revenge for the painful defeat from the start of the season, nothing more, nothing less'. Lublin had the whole week to prepare for the game, while Pogon played at Zaglebie on Tuesday and lost by 10 (23-33). At this field in the last 2 seasons, Pogon won only once and suffered five defeats in six games, all five were by six or more goals. Since one of the possible scenarios is that both teams could have the same amount of points at the end of the season, Lublin will not be pleased today with a 'simple' win, they will try to compensate for the 6 goals they were down in the first part of the season, so it is worth to bet on the offered handicap for the set stake.