Italy vs England Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd March 2023

Italy are set to face England in a this coming Thursday clash, taking place at Diego Armando Maradona as part of the European Championship qualifying. This will be their first match in the round-robin. The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Italy came away with a 1-0 win. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Diego Armando Maradona.

Within group C, five nations are competing against each other, with England, Italy, Malta, North Macedonia, Ukraine all striving to qualify for the European Championship. Whereas hosts Italy sit as number eighth in the FIFA world ranking, visitors England arrive this coming Thursday as number five.

It has the look of a very equal affair, when Italy welcome England on Thursday. Securing three points in such a tough encounter could lay the groundworks for reaching the next stage, but it is a tough one to call.

Italy are in with a good shot at topping their group, as it looks like a two-way battle for top spot in this group. At the very least, second place is there for the taking. It appears that England are in for a two-horse race to come out on top of their group. Should they fail, England ought to have no problem securing qualification, though.

Italy vs England Prediction

Italy Form

Italy hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Hungary by 0-2, before winning 1-3 against Albania. The streak ended in a recent 2-0 defeat against Austria. Italy won three of their previous six internationals. They drew two and lost two, scoring five goals to seven against.

England Form

England won twice in their last three matches as Wales were defeated by 0-3, before they beat Senegal 3-0. France proved too strong, though, and a 1-2 defeat followed. England won three of a possible six internationals, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 19 while also conceding three times.

Italy and England looks like an equal match, and it is difficult to separate one from the other currently, which makes the draw seem worth a punt.

Italy vs England Stats

Italy vs England Team News

Italy could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Thursday.

Gianluca Scamacca and Leonardo Bonucci are all absent from the Italy squad that faces England at Diego Armando Maradona.

England face a list of five absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Thursday against Italy.

Names like Jack Grealish, Ivan Toney, James Maddison, Ben Chilwell and Reece James most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Italy.

Italy vs England H2H

The latest match between Italy and England was a tight encounter which saw Italy running away with small 1-0 victory. England look back on one wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Italy. The home side has a 50% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 6-3-1. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Italy vs England Results

Both teams to score came out seven times in the past ten matches between Italy and England. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 5/6 with the bookies.

Italy vs England Betting Tips

Look no further than Vincenzo Grifo, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target two times lately for Italy in the European Championship, while Harry Kane managed three goals in the last half dozen matches for England in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Italy claimed four wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing three and losing three. England won five of their last 10 away games, as they also drew two and lost three of these matches. Italy managed to open the scoring in no less than six of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from England have been equally ready from the first whistle, scoring the opener in seven of their last 10 away games.

Less than three came out four times in the past ten encounters between England and Italy, as both teams not to score was a winning bet three times. Italy performed 1.4 goals on average, whereas England averaged 0.9 goals. Italy saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of England's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.