Italy vs Belgium prediction and stats: Will Italy’s perfect start continue?
Italy will look to maintain their 100% record in this season’s Uefa Nations League A when they host Belgium.
Italy vs Belgium predictions
Italy to win (17/20 with SBK)
Italy have won each of their last three games against Belgium, including 2-1 to seal third place in the 2020/21 Uefa Nations League Finals.
Davide Frattesi anytime goalscorer (19/5 with SBK)
Davide Frattesi scored against both France and Israel during the previous international break, while he also recently found the net for Inter against Udinese.
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How both teams go into Italy vs Belgium
After a dreadful Euro 2024 campaign, where they surrendered their title in the round of 16, Italy made a brilliant start to their Uefa Nations League A campaign, beating France 3-1 away before securing a 2-1 victory at home to Israel. Luciano Spalletti remains under pressure, so he will want nothing less than six points from back-to-back home games against Belgium and Israel in this international break.
The Belgians endured an equally miserable European Championships, going out in the same round as Italy but with just two goals scored in four games and none in their last two. A 3-1 win at home to Israel was a good way to get their Nations League campaign going, but they could only follow that up with a 2-0 defeat to France, once again showing they’re just a little bit short nowadays when it comes to competing against elite nations.
Italy team news
There are 13 players absent from the Italy squad that appeared at Euro 2024 in the summer, including Nicolo Barella, Federico Chiesa and Jorginho.
Belgium team news
There are several key names not in the Belgium squad, including Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Jan Vertonghen.
Italy vs Belgium head-to-head
Italy have lost just four of their previous 24 fixtures against Belgium, who haven’t tasted competitive victory in this fixture since May 1972 and not at all since November 2015.
| Italy vs Beglium H2H | |||||||
| Date | Score | Competition | |||||
| 10/10/21 | Italy 2-1 Belgium | Uefa Nations League Finals | |||||
| 02/07/21 | Belgium 1-2 Italy | Euro 2020 | |||||
| 13/07/16 | Belgium 0-2 Italy | Euro 2016 | |||||
| 13/11/15 | Belgium 3-1 Italy | Friendly | |||||
| 30/05/08 | Italy 3-1 Belgium | Friendly | |||||
| 14/06/00 | Belgium 0-2 Italy | Euro 2000 | |||||
How to watch Italy vs Belgium live
Italy vs Belgium takes place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Thursday, October 10th, at 7:45pm (UK time). The match will not be broadcast live on UK TV but can be streamed via Uefa TV.
