Trentino vs. Jastrzębski Prediction on May 5, 2024

Match info

The fifth-ever CEV Champions League Volley | Men Super Finals, which replaced the old format consisting of a Final Four as the last stage of the event in 2020, will be held at Turkey’s Antalya Spor Salonu on Sunday, May 5, at 5 PM. One of the most prominent powerhouses in the history of men’s club volleyball, Trentino Itas (officially, Trentino Volley), and Jastrzębski Węgiel (officially, KS Jastrzębski Węgiel SA) will vie for the European continental title. In most cases, the odds for the win set by online bookmakers with iOS apps are leveled.

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The current form of Trentino

Trentino poses as a giant in the European arena. The Italian team is typically associated with the later stages of the CEV Champions League, and this season has shown that to be true as they made it to the Super Final (final match) for the seventh time in their history—the second-most ever. In their first six appearances for the continental title, they have a 50:50 split. Trentino came on the scene by winning their first CL tournament in 2008–09, then going on to win the title again in the next season, and finally pulling off an amazing three-peat in 2010–11, which is quite an accomplishment.

But since then, things haven’t gone as planned, and they’ve lost in their last three finals—in 2015–16, 2020–21, and 2021–2022. Trentino have lost three Champions League trophy deciders, whereas only Greece’s Iraklis Thessaloniki has lost as many.

Now they have an opportunity to become the second team in history to win the CEV Champions League trophy four times. Trentino will play Polish squad Jastrzębski this year; they’ve already faced each other in a major final. The teams faced off in the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship final in Doha, Qatar, where Trentino prevailed 3-1. The two teams have already faced off in the Champions League, most recently in the 2011 competition’s semifinals. Similar to the Club World Championship, Trentino won the encounter and later won the title.

None of the players on the current Trentino roster have ever experienced victory in this competition, despite the Italian team’s traditionally strong record. However, with players like local sensation Alessandro Michieletto and Kamil Rychliki on their roster, this might be their year. Throughout the competition this season, these two players have excelled. With 152 points, Rychliki leads the team in scoring, followed closely by Michieletto with 145 points. Trentino’s offensive talent is evident as both players are among the top 10 scorers in the Champions League this season.

Winning the Champions League will be the only chance to take a trophy this year for the side commanded by Fabio Soli. Trentino have already lost three semifinal matches in 2023–24: one against Perugia in the Italian Supercup and the others against Monza (in the Italian Championship and Cup).

The current form of Jastrzębski

In their second-ever CEV Champions League final, Jastrzębski will aim to win the prestigious trophy for the first time. After an incredible run through the competition, they made it to their first Super Final last season. However, they were unsuccessful in winning the grand prize, falling to ZAKSA, a fellow Polish team, in Turin, 12-15 in the fifth set.

In addition to giving Poland two straight wins in this competition, Jastrzębski would become only the second Polish team in competition history to win the Champions League if they can improve on last year’s performance. In addition to potentially being a historic victory for Poland, the ultimate triumph of the squad led by Marcelo Méndez would help the nation to become only the second with a European champion coming from it at least four times in a row after Russia, whose teams won the competition seven times in a row from 2011–12 to 2017–18.

Italian rivals are the ones Jastrzębski have struggled against in past Champions League editions. They’ve faced 11 matches with opponents from this nation in the competition, earning five victories and having six losses. Jastrzębski won’t face Sunday’s rivals for the first time in big finals, but we already mentioned that earlier when introducing Trentino.

Jastrzębski will need to rely on a few key players if they hope to win the title. With 139 points this season, local player, also an international outside hitter Tomasz Fornal has led the Polish team in scoring. Norbert Huber, a middle blocker, is another player who has given the squad a fresh life. Prior to switching to Jastrzębski for this season, he participated in the Champions League Super Final the previous year and helped ZAKSA win the title. The way his team has performed this season has been greatly influenced by Huber’s domination at the net. Jastrzębski, who won the domestic PlusLiga title for the third time in four seasons after defeating Aluron in the final, have had a successful season. They advanced to the Polish Cup and Polish Supercup finals but were defeated both times.

Head-to-head encounters

To sum up: these two have met two times (both in 2011) and Trentino prevailed in both matches (3-1 and 3-0, respectively).

Match analytics

According to some sportsbooks on the Internet, Jastrzębski is a slight favorite, while the number of those who favor Trentino is much lesser. Yet, most operators have put equal odds on both sides to win the match. Given that we don’t expect that any of the two sides will sweep the opponent, our option for betting would be Win 2 (Jastrzębski) and Total Sets Over 3.5 - Yes with odds of 2.60 at Roku Casino.

Results of the forecast

Forecast failed. Trentino vs. Jastrzębski 3:0