The match between Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza and Mint Vero Volley Monza scheduled for Saturday 21 December (6.00 pm live on Rai Sport, Volleyballworld.tv, Sportpiacenza.it) at PalabancaSport opens the second return day of the SuperLega Credem Banca championship.
Challenge number thirteen is coming against the Brianza team. There are twelve precedents between the two teams in Regular Season and Play Off 5th place.
The balance is seven successes for Monza and five for Piacenza. In the first leg played in Monza last October, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza won 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-23).
The matches with the highest score between the two teams date back to last season: in both the first leg and the second leg, both won by Monza at the tie break, the matches recorded 209 overall points. The first leg in Monza ended 3-2 for the home team (22-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 15-12) while in the return leg the Brianza team prevailed at PalabancaSport again by tie break (21 -25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 11-15).
Only three times, in the eleven previous matches between the two teams, has the match ended in a tie break: the sixth first leg of the 2019-2020 season and the comeback win at PalabancaSport was Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza (17-25, 25-17, 15-25, 25-22, 15-12) and the two matches of last season.
As for the “most contested” set, however, we are talking about the 2021-2022 season: on the fifth day of return, the third set went to the red and whites 34-32 who won 3-0 at the end of the match.
