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Spain vs Italy Prediction & Betting tips
The second semi-final of the UEFA Nations League will be played on Thursday evening at 19:45 at the De Grolsch Veste stadium, in Enschede, where Spain will face Italy. The most recent confrontation between the two national football teams took place three years ago also in the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League, and Spain won 2-1, managing to settle the match from the first half when they scored the two goals. In the final, however, Spain lost the trophy to France, which prevailed with the same score of 2-1, while Italy won the battle for 3rd place with Belgium, also winning 2-1 in the minor final.
Spain:
Spain qualified for the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League after winning Group 2 of League A, which also included Portugal in 2nd place, Switzerland in 3rd place and the Czech Republic in 4th place. The decisive match was in the last round, when Spain won 1-0 against Portugal, away, the only goal being scored by Alvaro Morata in the 88th minute. This year, Spain played two matches, in the Euro 2024 preliminaries, where it is part of group A, registering a victory in the first match, score 3-0 against Norway, but in the second match, Spain produced the surprise of the 2nd round of the preliminaries, being defeated away by Scotland 2-0. This group also includes Georgia and Cyprus.
Italy:
Italy had a fiery group in the UEFA Nations League along with Germany, England and Hungary forming group 3 of League A. The winner of this group was decided in the last round, when Italy won the decisive match against Hungary, away 2-0 . The pleasant surprise in this group is Hungary, which finished in 2nd place, while England was relegated to League B, after finishing in 4th place. Italy also played two matches in the Euro 2024 preliminaries, registering a failure, 1 -2 against England at home and a win, 2-0 away against Malta. In the Euro 2024 preliminaries, Italy is part of group C along with England, Malta, North Macedonia and Ukraine.
Spain vs Italy to head matches
06.10.21 UNL Italy vs Spain 1:2
06.07.21 EUR Italy vs Spain 2:1 1:1
02.09.17 WC Spain vs Italy 3:0
06.10.16 WC Italy vs Spain 1:1
27.06.16 EUR Italy vs Spain 2:0
* Our advice is: BTS / YES
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.96
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