Italy vs Ukraine Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th September 2023

At San Siro, Italy and Ukraine are going head-to-head in an electrifying group stage game this coming Tuesday. This is the sixth round of the qualifying for the European Championship, with both teams vying for a spot.

Italy and Ukraine had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5.

After the fifth round of the group stage, we find Italy placed as number three with four points. Meanwhile, Ukraine rank as number two with seven points. Ukraine take on Italy as number 24, whereas the home side sit as number eight in the FIFA world ranking.

England are the runaway leaders in the group meaning only second place is up for grabs. With a game in hand, Italy are three points behind Ukraine so a defeat on Tuesday would open a gap, the Italians will have a hard time closing.

Having failed to qualify for the World Cup, Italy simply can't afford to miss on a defence of their title at the Euro's as well. All eyes are on the Squadra Azzurra here with the Ukrainians having little to lose.

Italy vs Ukraine Prediction

Italy Form

Italy collected four points from their previous three matches, as they were defeated 2-1 against Spain. They retaliated in a 2-3 win against Netherlands, before drawing 1-1 with North Macedonia. Italy won twice in their past six internationals in which they also drew one and lost three. They hit the target eight times and conceded nine goals.

Ukraine Form

In their three most recent outings, Ukraine won 2-3 and 1-0 against North Macedonia and Malta, before drawing 1-1 against England. In their last six internationals Ukraine won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and eight scored.

Italy, are on a streak of five successive games in which they scored at least once.

Ukraine have gone four games without suffering a defeat.

Italy vs Ukraine Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Italy, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Lorenzo Pellegrini and Federico Chiesa take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Italy, when they face Ukraine on Tuesday.

Italy vs Ukraine H2H

The last time the two nations squared up against each other, on 10 October 2018, both came away unscathed following a 1-1 draw. Italy go into their upcoming match against Ukraine with a 67% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-2-0 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Italy vs Ukraine Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out two times in the last six matches between Italy and Ukraine.

Italy vs Ukraine Betting Tips

Ciro Immobile has found the back of the net two times in his previous six European Championship games for Italy; who won't mind him striking again on Tuesday? Punters will also be looking for Viktor Tsigankov to keep up his current streak for Ukraine, having scored four in his last six European Championship games.

San Siro saw four wins for Italy in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew two and lost four, while Ukraine won six of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing one and losing three. Strap yourselves up for a goals at San Siro since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Italy. The same occurred in four of the last 10 league games away from home for Ukraine.

In the last six encounters between Italy and Ukraine over 2.5 goals came out two times, as Italy averaged 1.66 goals a game. Ukraine scored an average of 0.34 goals in these, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Italy, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Ukraine, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches.