Trento, 18 October 2022

SuperLega, Thursday it's time again for Itas Trentino-Lube: all the numbers of the clash

The BLM Group Arena is setting up to host the first big match of the 2022/23 Trentino Volley season. On Thursday, October 20th at 8:30 p.m., the Fersina Street’s stadium will be the scene of the classic competition between host Itas Trentino and reigning Italian champions Cucine Lube Civitanova. Ticket presale is regularly active and available anytime by clicking https://trentinovolley.vivaticket.it/it/event/itas-trentino-civitanova/192832.
The competition has become a classic in the Italian championship, marking out no less than eight finals: two play-offs (2012 and 2017), three Coppa Italia (2012, 2013 and 2017), two Supercoppa (2009 and 2013) and one World Club Championship for the year 2018. Besides, Lube team is the only opponent, with Modena, that Trentino Volley has always faced in all two twenty-three seasons of activity and is the one with which it boasts the highest number of previous official matches: a total of 89 (Modena follows with 78 matches).
The tally is in favor of the Marches by 51-38, mainly thanks to the recent hat trick imposed by the Cuccinieri’s team, that has won seventeen of the last twenty-three previous matches. During the current calendar year, however, the challenge has been rather balanced, as Trento has won two of the six matches played. More generally, Trentino Volley has managed to make count the home advantage in twenty of the thirty-six home matches played. The first ever dates back to March 4th, 2001 (3-1 in the name of De La Fuente) and represents a page in the yellow-blue team history: the club's first victory against a top team.
The two teams also faced each other in the pre-season, playing last September 25th in the Final of the "Volley under the Mucrone" four-way competition in Biella, with a 3-1 success for Lube (25-20, 25-23, 23-25, 25-17).

Here is the statistical detail of Trentino Volley in the matches played so far against Civitanova:
Official matches played: 89 (36 in Trento, 17 in Macerata, 20 in Civitanova, 16 on neutral court).
Victories: 38 (20 in Trento, 9 in Macerata, 2 in Civitanova, 7 on neutral court); 12 by 3-0, 11 by 3-1, 15 by 3-2.
Defeats: 51 (16 to Trent, 8 to Macerata, 18 to Civitanova, 9 on neutral court); 16 by 0-3, 16 by 1-3, 19 by 2-3.
Sets: 168 won and 194 lost.
Shortest match: Diatec Trentino-Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3 on May 4th, 2017 (157 minutes)
Longest match: Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 3-0 on April 25th, 2017 (71 minutes)
In calendar year 2022:
February 2nd - SuperLega regular season, return: Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-22, 15-13)
April 14th - Play Off Scudetto, game 1 of the semifinals: Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 0-3 (26-28, 20-25, 23-25)
April 18th - Play Off Scudetto, game 2 of the semifinals: Itas Trentino-Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-23)
April 21th - Play Off Scudetto, game 3 of the semifinals: Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-19)
April 24th - Play Off Scudetto, game 4 of the semifinals: Itas Trentino-Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (19-25, 29-27, 22-25, 22-25)
April 27th - Play Off Scudetto, game 5 of the semifinals: Cucine Lube Civitanova-Itas Trentino 3-2 (27-29, 25-21, 21-25, 25-15, 15-11)

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