#WROLES
Designed as the fixture to end the regular season, the planners rightly picked the two teams who would finish one and two in the league to race against each.
FOGO UNIA Leszno have been dominate as ever this season, losing only one match and winning outright all but two of the year's fixtures. Not so difficult when you have Emil Safutdinov, Piotr Pawlicki and Janusz Kolodziej as your top three riders - all with a heat average of over 2.1 this year!
But even if they cannot overtake them in the table, you can be sure that BETARD SPARTA Wroclaw will not give them an inch as they think to the forthcoming playoffs, where they may meet Leszno again, and their home fans who will long to see a victory.
Leszno won the first match of the season 50-40 at home - and don't be surprised if Tai Woffinden, Maciej Janowski, Maksym Drabik and Max Fricke take home the victory and the bonus point. Woffinden leads the entire Ekstraliga in heat average and all four of them have gained more than 1.91 this season.
Heat 2- reserve heat - the future of Polish Speedway
It is difficult to choose a heat with 10 of the top 30 riders in the league on display during this game. But I decided to go for a heat with more of the unknown riders in this top of the table clash.
The main qualification to take part in this heat is that you are Polish and under 22 years old. The home team will present Maksym Drabik in the red helmet. Only 21 he is already making a name for himself with a career best season in Poland and in Sweden with Lejonen (see him in action in the picture above) as well as on the international circuit including the U21 team world championships and the Speedway of Nations. He is my favourite to take this heat.
In blue is 19 year old Przemyslaw Liszka, who surprised everyone last week away against Zielona by scoring 7+1, dropping a single point in three heats. He will be looking to show it was no accident and what better to do this at home against league leaders, Leszno.
The two riders wanting to stop these two are none less than 20 year old Dominik Kubera and U21 world champion from 2018, Bartosz Smektala.
Kubera has been riding for Leszno for 5 years (!) but this is he best season at the current national champions. This has been his first year as a pro in an foreign league and his has had an amazing season at Elit Vetlanda in Sweden where he has already joined that select group with an heat avergae greater than 2.0.
Smektala was 21 only on Thursday and he too has been part of the Leszno organisation for many years. He is now in his second season in Sweden as Västervik Speedway sees an improvement in performance there.
I am predicting a 3:3 heat with Drabik, Kubera, Smektala and Liszka. But anything could happen as Poland's bright young things strut their stuff on Sunday evening.