Belgium vs Italy prediction, stats, tips & team news: Will Italy maintain control of Group A2?
The final international break of 2024 brings the resumption of the Uefa Nations League. Italy travel to Belgium on Thursday 14th November at 7:45pm (UK time), with the fate of Group A2 in their own hands.
Italy are unbeaten in their four games so far and sit top of the table, one point clear of second-placed France. Belgium, meanwhile, are third and need to win to keep their quarter-final hopes alive. But history is not on their side, with Italy unbeaten in their past four games against Belgium. This clash will be broadcast live in the UK, though the channel is yet to be confirmed.
Italy to win (7/4 with BoyleSports)
Italy have won three of their past four games against Belgium. They have also won both of their away games in the Uefa Nations League this year, including a 3-1 win over France in Paris. Belgiumg have lost two of their last three games (both to France), drawing the other 2-2 with Italy.
Italy to score first (6/5 with BoyleSports)
Italy have opened the scoring in three of their four Uefa Nations League games this year. These goals came against Israel twice and Belgium. At the same time, Belgium have conceded the opening goal three times, against Italy and France (twice)
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How both teams go into Belgium vs Italy
Belgium are in a precarious position. With two games left of the 2024-25 Uefa Nations League the Red Devils have a fight to avoid relegation. In the new format, the bottom side in the four-team group are automatically relegated to League B, but the third-placed side must now also face a play-off. Belgium currently occupy that position having won just one of their opening four games. To make matters worse, they sit five points behind second-placed France, so this is a must win.
Things are a lot better for Italy. They need just one point from their final two games to seal qualification to the quarter-finals. The Azzurri have won three and drawn one of their four games so far, only dropping points against Belgium. But with the new format, qualification is practically secured. They’ll still want to take top spot, though, to have a favourable position in the draw for the quarter-finals which takes place in November.
Belgium team news
Amadou Onana and Matz Sels have returned to the Belgium squad after pulling out of the October international break due to injury. Aster Vranckx missed out with Timothy Castagne returning whilst Jeremy Doku has withdrawn from the squad through injury.
Italy team news
Matteo Gabbia is expected to miss out due to injury and Lorenzo Pellegrini is still missing through suspension.
Belgium vs Italy head-to-head
Italy are unbeaten in their past four games against Belgium, all of which have been competitive fixtures. In fact, they’ve won 16 of the 25 ties overall, losing just four.
One sentence about the previous meetings between the teams followed by table showing 5 most recent results.
| Belgium vs Italy H2H | |||||||
| Date | Score | Ground | |||||
| 10/10/24 | Italy 2-2 Belgium | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | |||||
| 10/10/21 | Italy 2-1 Belgium | Juventus Stadium, Turin | |||||
| 02/07/21 | Belgium 1-2 Italy | Allianz Arena, Munich | |||||
| 13/06/16 | Belgium 0-2 Italy | Stade des Lumieres, Lyon | |||||
| 13/11/15 | Belgium 3-1 Italy | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels | |||||
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