Italy vs Austria will play at Euro 2020, in round of 16 on Wembley Stadium, Saturday, 26 June 2021 at 20:00 (GMT+1). Tonight, the first direct confrontation between the two national teams will be played, at a final european championship tournament.
Italy vs Austria Match Preview
Italy and Austria met four times in the final tournaments, but each time the confrontation took place at the World Cup. In 1934 they met in the semifinals, and Italy won 1-0, then followed the clashes in 1978, 1990 and 1998 in groups, where all Italy won each time, 1-0, 1-0 and 2- 1.
Italy:
Italy has reached an incredible series of 30 consecutive matches without defeat. Another very important statistic is that the last 11 victories were without a goal. In groups, Italy showed an almost perfect game, winning 3-0 against Turkey and Switzerland, and 1-0 against Wales. In this final tournament, Italy also ticked a premiere, managing to win a match more than two goals apart.
Austria:
On the other hand, Austria, which starts with a second chance in this match, recorded two group victories at Euro 2020. The first victory was successful against Northern Macedonia, score 3-1, while the decisive match for qualifying in the eighth was the one against Ukraine, where they won 1-0.
Italy vs Austria statistics and possible teams
Austria’s only victory in the clashes with Italy dates back to 1912 at the Summer Olympics, where Austria won 5-1.
Italy squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino)
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Emerson (Chelsea), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Tolói (Atalanta)
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Jorginho (Chelsea), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Marco Verratti (Paris), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina)
Forwards: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo)
Austria squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Daniel Bachmann (Watford), Pavao Pervan (Wolfsburg), Alexander Schlager (LASK)
Defenders: David Alaba (Bayern), Aleksandar Dragović (Leverkusen), Marco Friedl (Werder Bremen), Martin Hinteregger (Frankfurt), Stefan Lainer (Mönchengladbach), Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg), Stefan Posch (Hoffenheim), Andreas Ulmer (Salzburg)
Midfielders: Julian Baumgartlinger (Leverkusen), Christoph Baumgartner (Hoffenheim), Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim), Stefan Ilsanker (Frankfurt), Konrad Laimer (Leipzig), Valentino Lazaro (Internazionale), Karim Onisiwo (Mainz), Marcel Sabitzer (Leipzig), Louis Schaub (Luzern), Xaver Schlager (Wolfsburg), Alessandro Schöpf (Schalke), Christopher Trimmel (Union Berlin)
Forwards: Marko Arnautović (Shanghai Port), Michael Gregoritsch (Augsburg), Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart)
* Possible prediction: Italy WIN
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