Italy vs North Macedonia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th November 2023

At Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy are aiming for a spot in the tournament next year, while North Macedonia have already been eliminated from contention. The two teams will face each other this coming Friday, with the former hoping for a positive outcome. Italy and North Macedonia settled for a point in a 1-1 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 7/1.

Italy bid welcome to North Macedonia as number 9 in the FIFA world ranking, while the latter rank as number 66.

Should Italy win this encounter, they will squeeze past Ukraine before the final round to sit second. That could prove highly important as Italy face the Ukrainians in the final round. North Macedonia are without any chance of a top two finish.

Italy vs North Macedonia Prediction

Italy Form

In their last three matches, Italy beat Ukraine by 2-1 and Malta by 4-0, before losing against England by 3-1. Italy claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six internationals. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored 12 and conceded nine goals.

North Macedonia Form

Their past three matches saw North Macedonia beating Malta 0-2, losing 2-0 against Ukraine, and beating Armenia by 3-1. In their last six internationals North Macedonia won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 14 goals conceded and eight scored.

Italy were on the scoreboard at least once in their previous eight matches.

Italy vs North Macedonia Team News

Italy might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against North Macedonia. Iyenoma Udogie gets a day off from the Italy squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Mattia Zaccagni and Nicolo Casale nurses various injuries and won't take part for Italy against North Macedonia at Stadio Olimpico, Rome.

Italy vs North Macedonia H2H

When they last played an international match against each other, they both came away with a point in a 1-1 draw. North Macedonia look back on one wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Italy. The home side has a 25% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 1-2-1. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Italy vs North Macedonia Results

In the previous four matches between Italy and North Macedonia, both teams found the back of the net three times.

Italy vs North Macedonia Betting Tips

Enis Bardhi shows decent form right now for North Macedonia, as he has scored two goals in his last six games in the European Championship. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Italy, who are strong favourites this coming Friday. Siding with Davide Frattesi also looks like a nice prospect as he has scored three goals in his last six European Championship matches.

Italy collected five wins, drew two and lost three in the 10 most games across all tournaments at Stadio Olimpico, Rome. North Macedonia won four of their previous 10 away, drew one and lost five times. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Stadio Olimpico, Rome since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Italy. The same occurred in one of the last 10 league games away from home for North Macedonia.

In the last four encounters between Italy and North Macedonia over 2.5 goals came out one time, as Italy averaged 1.25 goals a game. North Macedonia scored an average of 1.25 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Italy saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for North Macedonia, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.