Regular Season 2024/25 will open at the Eurosuole Forum early on Saturday 28 September between Cucine Lube Civitanova and Sonepar Padova. The match valid for the 1st day is scheduled for 8.30pm. This is the challenge number 57 between Padua and Marche. The red and whites prevailed on 48 occasions, 26 internal and 22 external, while the Venetians won 8 times, 4 in internal matches, 4 external. There are 151 overall sets won by the Cucineri compared to the 56 that went to the Paduans, the points scored by Lube amount to 4530 (of which 2443 in home matches, 2087 away). The Venetian team scored 3947 points with the red and whites, 1846 at home, 2101 away.
Last season the two teams met three times. In the Regular Season the Cucineri ruled the roost with two 3-0s, while in the 5th Place Play Off Group Cuttini’s team defeated the Marche team with the maximum margin at the Kioene Arena. A cold shower that led to the resignation of Chicco Blengini and the parenthesis as head coach of Romano Giannini.
Lube’s most painful defeat against the Città del Santo team dates back to the tie break in the 2004/05 Italian Cup quarter-finals on the neutral ground of Sansepolcro. The match with the highest score was played in the 11th first leg of the 2017/18 season: Civitanova won 3-2 at the Eurosuole Forum (25-21, 26-28, 25-21, 24-26, 16-14 ) for a total of 226 points. Lube also boasts a maximum difference of 34 points achieved on 27 January 2021 in the Quarterfinals of the Italian Cup: the Cucineri won in 59 minutes (25-13, 25-12, 25-16). The maximum difference achieved by Padova, 27 points, was recorded in the second leg of the tournament
