Italy Vs. England match preview
The Euro 2020 tournament is set to conclude with the most anticipated finals between Italy facing England on Sunday night at Wembley stadium.
Azzurri kicked off the campaign seemingly with purpose, opener match thrashing Turkey 3-0 the resilience didn’t end there they went ahead and grabbed a 3-0 victory against Switzerland. Italy have won all the matches in the tournament fixture with the latest which secured them a spot to finals being against Spain. Azzurri took the lead in the semis encounter through Federico Chiesa’s goal in the 60th minute, getting an assist from Immobile only for Alvaro Morata to equalize in the 80th minute.
These teams had nothing to separate them in the regular time which called for an extra time which as well didn’t yield anything forcing them to a penalty kick out. Italy were able to cruise through to the finals with a 4-2 win in penalties.
The Three Lions, on the other hand, the worst they could go is a draw in the campaign against Scotland the match that ended 0-0 but won in the rest of the tournament scheduled matches. England secured a spot in the semis after thrashing Ukraine 4-0 and headed to the finals against Denmark. Denmark took the lead in the 30th minute through Mikkel Damsgaard’s goal only for Simon Kjaer to score on their nets the match ended 1-1 in the regular time seeing them to extra-time. A goal from Harry Kane in the 104th minute saw Gareth Southgate’s side through to the finals.
Match Facts
- Italy have won in all the last ten matches in all competitions this season.
- Azzurri have registered seven clean sheets in their last ten matches in all competitions this season.
- England has registered Eight clean sheets in the last ten matches in all competitions this season.
- The Three Lions have won nine times and drawn once in the last ten matches in all competitions.
- Roberto Mancini’s men have at least registered more than two goals, six in the last ten matches in all competitions this season.
- Gareth Southgate’s side have registered wins in all three away matches in all competitions this season.
Italy Vs. England Head to Head
In the last three encounters, these teams have met once in World Cup group stages back in 2014 whereby the match ended 2-1 in favor of Azzurri. Then they met twice in International Friendly Games recording draws in a row; 1-1 and 1-1 respectively.
Italy Vs. England Prediction
England will be looking to clinch a first major tournament when they face their opponents. It has been 55 years since 1966 when the Three Lions reached another showdown like this. Italy on the other hand will be looking at holding on to their winning ways when they meet Gareth Southgate side on Sunday. Both teams have had great momentum since they started this tournament and getting a winner here is extremely difficult.
Our topbets pundit is predicting a draw and Betway is backing the results with 3.00 odds while 1XBet is giving 3.03 Odds.
Goals – Under 2.5
Both teams have been producing less than three goals occasionally in various competitions and we expect under 2.5 Markets as predicted by our pundit.
Betway are backing the market with 1.49 while 1XBet is placing odds at 1.52.
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