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Italy v Northern Ireland

World Cup Qualifiers – Europe
Italy
2:0
Full time
Northern Ireland

Italy v Northern Ireland in World Cup Qualifiers – Europe ended 2:0. Here you will find the final score, the goals and goalscorers, every key moment of the match, the full statistics with xG and the video highlights. See the match prediction or browse the full fixture list.

Prediction and probabilities: Italy v Northern Ireland

How the models performed

Pro AI (XGBoost) predicted Home win · Italy at 47.3% - the match finished 2:0, so the prediction was correct.
Model 1 · Italy X 2 · Northern Ireland Prediction Result
Pro AI (XGBoost) 47.3% 21.7% 31.0% Home win · Italy ✔ Correct
Final score 2:0 Home win · Italy
Predictions are published before kick-off and are never edited afterwards. For information purposes only – not betting advice. 18+ · Methodology

Match events: Italy v Northern Ireland

  1. 56′Sandro Tonali · Goal
  2. 58′Alessandro Bastoni · Yellow card
  3. 63′Federico Gatti · Substitution (off: Alessandro Bastoni)
  4. 64′Pio Esposito · Substitution (off: Mateo Retegui)
  5. 68′Paul Patrick Smyth · Substitution (off: Terry Devlin)
  6. 79′Joshua Brendan David Magennis · Substitution (off: Jamie Paul Donley)
  7. 79′James Tyrrell Reid · Substitution (off: Brodie Gilmore Spencer)
  8. 80′Moise Kean · Goal (assist: Sandro Tonali)
  9. 83′Marco Palestra · Substitution (off: Matteo Politano )
  10. 83′Niccolò Pisilli · Substitution (off: Sandro Tonali)
  11. 88′Giacomo Raspadori · Substitution (off: Moise Kean)

Match statistics: Italy v Northern Ireland

Statistic Italy Northern Ireland
Possession 63% 37%
Shots on target 8 1
Total shots 19 8
Shots off target 6 4
Blocked shots 1 5
Corners 2 0
Fouls 11 8
Offsides 2 0
Yellow cards 9 12
Red cards 13 3
Passes 504 311
Pass accuracy 84% 76%

Line-ups: Italy v Northern Ireland

Italy 3-5-2

Starting XI

  1. 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma 7.0
  2. 3 Federico Dimarco 7.5
  3. 5 Manuel Locatelli 7.5
  4. 7 Matteo Politano 6.6
  5. 8 Sandro Tonali 8.2
  6. 9 Mateo Retegui 6.5
  7. 11 Moise Kean 7.5
  8. 13 Riccardo Calafiori 7.6
  9. 18 Nicolò Barella 6.6
  10. 21 Alessandro Bastoni 7.1
  11. 23 Gianluca Mancini 7.5
Substitutes (12)
  1. 2 Marco Palestra 6.2
  2. 4 Leonardo Spinazzola
  3. 6 Alessandro Buongiorno
  4. 10 Giacomo Raspadori
  5. 12 Marco Carnesecchi
  6. 14 Niccolò Pisilli 6.5
  7. 15 Pio Esposito 6.8
  8. 16 Bryan Cristante
  9. 17 Davide Frattesi
  10. 19 Federico Gatti 6.5
  11. 20 Giorgio Scalvini
  12. 22 Alex Meret

Northern Ireland 5-4-1

Starting XI

  1. 2 Terry Devlin 6.8
  2. 5 Trai Hume 7.5
  3. 7 Ethan Galbraith 6.5
  4. 10 Jamie Paul Donley 6.6
  5. 13 Ruairi McConville 6.8
  6. 14 Isaac Price 6.7
  7. 15 Justin Devenny 6.7
  8. 17 Patrick James Coleman McNair 6.9
  9. 19 Shea Emmanuel Charles 7.1
  10. 20 Brodie Gilmore Spencer 6.9
  11. 23 Pierce Joseph Charles 7.2
Substitutes (12)
  1. 1 Bailey Peacock-Farrell
  2. 3 Eoin Toal
  3. 4 Tom Atcheson
  4. 6 George Alan Saville
  5. 8 Callum Marshall
  6. 9 Patrick Kelly
  7. 11 Paul Patrick Smyth 6.7
  8. 12 Conor William Hazard
  9. 16 Brad Joseph Lyons
  10. 18 James Tyrrell Reid 6.4
  11. 21 Joshua Brendan David Magennis 6.3
  12. 22 Ciaron Maurice Brown

Form and head-to-head: Italy v Northern Ireland

Italy

WWLW

Northern Ireland

LWWL

WC Qualification Europe standings

# Team P W D L GD Pts Form
1 Germany 6 5 0 1 +13 15 WLWWWW
1 Norway 8 8 0 0 +32 24 WWWWWWWW
2 Italy 8 6 0 2 +9 18 LWWWWWLW
2 Slovakia 6 4 0 2 -2 12 WLWWLW
3 Israel 8 4 0 4 -1 12 WWLWLLLW
3 Northern Ireland 6 3 0 3 +1 9 WLWLLW
4 Estonia 8 1 1 6 -13 4 LWLLLLDL
4 Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 -12 0 LLLLLL
5 Moldova 8 0 1 7 -27 1 LDLLLLLL

Managers: Italy v Northern Ireland

I. Gattuso
ItalyManagerI. Gattuso
M. O'Neill
Northern IrelandManagerM. O'Neill

Match information: Italy v Northern Ireland

Kick-off
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Competition
World Cup Qualifiers – Europe
Round
28
City
Roma
Surface
grass
Capacity
72,698

Live commentary: Italy v Northern Ireland

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