January will be the most intense and difficult month of the season: there will indeed be many games to be played in the league, Champions League and Italian Cup. It will all begin on January 8 with a big one against the league leaders, Macerata. The first game of the second half of season will be against Città di Castello on the 12th. Then, two more league games will be played before the Italian Cup (January 29): away at Vibo Valentia and home against Modena. Piacenza will meet up two more times but in the Champions League playoffs 12, on Thursday 16 and Thursday 23.