Read our prediction for North Macedonia vs Italy below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
North Macedonia vs Italy Prediction & Betting tips
On Saturday evening from 19:45, in group C of the Euro 2024 preliminaries, North Macedonia will play at home against Italy. England, Ukraine and Malta are also in this group C. The two national teams have met three times so far, all previous confrontations taking place in the World Cup qualifiers. The first confrontations took place in Group G of the World Cup 2018 preliminaries, when Italy won 3-2 away and in the return leg the match ended in a tie, score 1-1. The most recent confrontation took place in the play-off for the World Cup 2022 qualification, where North Macedonia won 1-0 and produced a big surprise.
North Macedonia:
North Macedonia is in 4th place in this group after three matches played. The host team of this match started the qualification campaign also at home against Malta, achieving a 2-1 victory. In the second match, North Macedonia lost at home to Ukraine 3-2 at the end of a spectacular match played by both teams. In the last match, North Macedonia lost 7-0 away to England, a surprising defeat in terms of the score.
Italy:
On the other hand, Italy played only two matches in this group and is in 3rd place in this group. Italy debuted in these preliminaries with a home defeat, score 1-2 against England. In the second match, Italy won 2-0 against Malta, this being the last match for Roberto Mancini, Italy’s coach for the last four years. In his place was brought the championship from last season with Napoli, Luciano Spaletti.
North Macedonia vs Italy head to head matches
24.03.22 WC Italy vs North Macedonia 0:1
06.10.17 WC Italy vs North Macedonia 1:1
09.10.16 WC North Macedonia vs Italy 2:3
* Our advice is: Italy WIN
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.35
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!