WC Qualification Europe: Group Stage: Northern Ireland travels to Italy for this exciting encounter
Italy form and stats
Last season, Italy's WC Qualification Europe journey ended in the 2nd round against Sweden.Ahead of that match, Italy won a home game hosting Poland (2-0).
Italy are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadio Ennio Tardini with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 26 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Italy has won 16 times, drawn seven and lost three. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Italy has won by at least two goals eight times when in this position.
Italy are traveling soon after this match as the WC Qualification Europe match at Bulgaria awaits in three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Italy, who have participated in two training matches. Italy have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Northern Ireland form and stats
Last season their WC Qualification Europe adventure ended in the 2nd round against Switzerland.Prior to that match, the Northern Ireland manager I. Baraclough faced defeat when travelling to Austria and losing 1-2.
The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 33 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with nine wins, nine draws and 15 defeats. nine games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Italy won two, Northern Ireland won zero and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Italy missing players
Northern Ireland missing players
| Italy | Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 59 | 39 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17.4 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.2 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |