Although the first match of the 12^th leg in the Italian men’s volleyball SuperLega Credem Banca, between FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship participant Sir Susa Scai Perugia and Vero Volley Monza, was played in advance back in November, the proper second half of the regular season gets underway this weekend, starting with Saturday’s big game between Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza and Rana Verona, and completing the leg with the remaining four matches on Sunday.

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The weekend’s opening fixture will offer a clash between the fourth and the third in the current standings. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza, currently on 22 points and a 7-4 win-loss record, will host Rana Verona, on 26 and 9-2, at the Banca Sport hall on Saturday, December 20, at 18:00 local time (17:00 UTC). Even if they take the three points from this home match, Gas Sales will not be able to overtake their opponents in the table, but will at least manage to get very close to the top three, to within a point.

When Verona hosted the team from Piacenza in the season’s opening leg in October, they celebrated a 3-1 victory. Last season the two clubs met as many as six times between the league and the national cup. Verona won the first three encounters, while Gas Sales emerged victorious from the next three to win the best-of-five quarterfinal series and advance to the semis. The all-time head-to-head record between the two clubs stands at 14-8 in favor of Gas Sales.

Sunday’s program will open at 17:00 (16:00), with MA Acqua San Bernardo Cuneo entertaining Cucine Lube Civitanova in the first match. The SuperLega rookies stand third from the bottom of the table, in 10^th place on 9 and 2-9, while Lube are in sixth place on 19 and 6-5. When they met in the first half of the regular season, Lube hammered out a convincing shutout at home.

Sonepar Padova Padua will welcome defending champions Itas Trentino Trento to the Kioene Arena on Sunday at 18:00 (17:00) in an attempt to get back at the mighty opponent for the straight-set loss they suffered in October’s match in Trento. Padova are currently located just below the playoff zone in the table, in ninth place on 11 and 4-7, while Trentino are running second on 26 and 9-2, and a better set ratio than Verona. A three-point win in Padua will propel the champions to the top of the standings, above Sir, who are battling for the club world cup title in Brazil this weekend.

At the same time on Sunday evening, Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina will host Allianz Milan at the Savelli hall in an effort to score their first win of the season. They trail bottom in 12^th place on 2 and 0-11, under a serious threat of relegation. Allianz are in seventh place on 17 and 6-5. When the two teams met in Milan in November, Allianz produced an emphatic shutout.

In the weekend’s closing match, Valsa Group Modena will entertain Cisterna Volley at the Panini hall on Sunday at 19:00 (18:00). Modena are in fifth place on 22 and 7-4, while Cisterna are second from the bottom, in 11^th place on 6 and 3-8. November’s game between the two squads produced a five-set battle, which went the way of the hosts from Cisterna.

SuperLega Credem Banca 2025-2026 upcoming matches:
Dec 20, 18:00 local (17:00 UTC): Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza v Rana Verona
Dec 21, 17:00 local (16:00 UTC): MA Acqua San Bernardo Cuneo v Cucine Lube Civitanova
Dec 21, 18:00 local (17:00 UTC): Sonepar Padova Padua v Itas Trentino Trento
Dec 21, 18:00 local (17:00 UTC): Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina v Allianz Milan
Dec 21, 19:00 local (18:00 UTC): Valsa Group Modena v Cisterna Volley

SuperLega Credem Banca 2025-2026 schedule and results

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