Ranked first and second in the 2024-2025 Lega Volley Femminile Serie A1 Tigotà, Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano and Numia Vero Volley Milano open the ninth leg of the Italian League regular season on Friday, in one of the most anticipated matches of the season.

The Italian giants will battle at Unipol Forum, in Assago, having Milano as the home team in the match scheduled for 20:30 local time (19:30 GMT). Two more encounters will be held on Saturday and another four on Sunday, completing the weekend schedule.

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The rivalry between the teams is developing into the biggest one in the country after they met in eight finals over the last four years, with Conegliano coming out on top in each of them – they decided two editions of each of the Lega Femminile (2021-2022, 2022-2023), the Coppa Italia (2022-2023, 2023-2024) and the Supercoppa (2023, 2024) and one of the European Champions League (2023-2024) and the Courmayeur Cup (2024).

The match will also reunite seven Paris Olympic champions, with Paola Egonu, Miriam Sylla, Alessia Orro and Anna Danesi featuring for Milano and Monica De Gennaro, Sarah Fahr and Marina Lubian appearing for Conegliano. The teams have a myriad of international stars a well, such as Conegliano’s Brazil’s Gabriela ‘Gabi’ Guimarães, Poland's Joanna Wołosz, Sweden’s Isabelle Haak and China’s Zhu Ting and Milano’s the Netherlands’ Nika Daalderop, Serbia’s Hena Kurtagić and Japan’s Satomi Fukudome.

Conegliano are the only undefeated team in the Italian League right now and are clear at the top of standings with 27 points (nine wins). This is, however, a golden opportunity for Milano, who are second, with 22 (eight wins, one loss), to gain ground and keep the race for first place open as the season progresses.

The MVP of the Paris Olympics, star opposite Egonu will be available for Milano in Friday’s big match. She missed the first seven matches of the season, but returned to the stating lineup last Sunday, tallying 19 points in the team’s victory over Cda Volley Talmassons Fvg.

Conegliano also missed one of their main stars, Chinese outside hitter Zhu, in the first matches of the season. She has, however, appeared in four of the team’s last five matches, amassing 43 points in the period.

The reigning Italian champions, Conegliano have a significant historic advantage over Milano, having taken the victory in 30 of the 35 duels between the teams in the Italian League and the last eight overall.

Scandicci and Novara look to close the gap

Ranked third and fourth with 18 points, Savino Del Bene Scandicci and Igor Gorgonzola Novara will be following closely the duel between Milano and Conegliano as they try to close the gap to the teams at the top of the standings.

Lega Volley Femmnilie – Match Schedule & Results

Both teams will play on Saturday, at 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT), with Novara hosting Talmassons and Scandicci facing SMI Roma Volley on the road.

Sunday, the last day of action in the ninth leg, starts with the encounter between Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri ’76 and Megabox Ondulati Savio Vallefoglia, at 16:00 (15:00). One hour later, Wash4Green Pinerolo face Bergamo and Honda Olivero Cuneo meet Eurotek Uyba Busto Arsizio. The schedule will be completed at 20:30 (19:30), when Il Bisonte Firenze play Bartoccini-Mc Restauri Perugia.

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