UEFA Nations League: France VS Italy - Prediction

After losing the UEFA Euro final against Spain in July, France are ready to start their mission in the UEFA Nations League tonight at Parc des Princes. They will host Italy, who failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in two consecutive events. However, Luciano Spalletti is now in charge of Italy, replacing Roberto Mancini in 2023. Spalletti is rebuilding the team and trying his best to win a trophy for the Azzurri. Luciano Spalletti could not make a decent start with Italy, as his mission was totally incomplete in the UEFA Euro 2024. Switzerland surprised Italy in The Round Of 16 and eliminated them from the Euro. “We cannot afford to underestimate anything, especially after The Bad impression we made in the Euros. There are some things we need to change, including restoring the confidence we lost in ourselves," said the Italy boss. On the other hand, France did play in the Euro 2024 final and lost to Spain. Although they reached the final, their performance was below average. The Didier Deschamps boys could score only one goal from open play! His Main focus is now to improve the scoring ability of his attackers.

Stats&Facts

• Italy won more games against France in their head-to-head meetings. Italy registered 18 wins in their 37 meetings with France, while France managed to win in 11 games.
• France won the last Game against the Azzurri, which was a friendly in 2018.
• France and Italy will meet for the first time in the UEFA Nations League.
• France Have lost only one of their last six games against Italy, While they won four and tied the remaining one.
• Italy Have lost their last three consecutive matches against France , despite scoring in each game .
• France won only one of their Last six matches in the UEFA Nations League. They have scored five goals in those games and conceded seven.
• Italy have lost only two of their previous nine matches in the Nations League.

Team News

France boss Didier Deschamps did not call up Adrian Rabiot and Benjamin Pavard, who were in the Euro Squad. The France boss has to make a few more changes to the squad for the Nations League. Eduardo Camavinga, Ferland Mendy, Wesley Fofana, and Aurelien Tchouameni are out of the Squad due to their respective injuries. However, Michael Olise has been called up for the very first time for France's squad. As for Italy, Gianluca Scamacca is out of the squad due to his ACL injury, while Nico Barrella is unavailable following his surgery. Anyway, Spalletti included Marco Brescianini and Caleb Okoli for the first time in the squad. Destiny Udogie, Moise Kean, and Sandro Tonali have returned to the Squad Following the injuries and suspensions. Possible Lineup for France: Maignan; Kounde, Saliba, Konate, T. Hernandez; Kante, Tchouameni, Zaire-Emery; Dembele, Thuram, Mbappe Possible Lineup for Italy: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Bastoni; Cambiaso, Ricci, Tonali, Frattesi, Dimarco; Raspadori, Retegui

Prediction: France 1-0 Italy

In terms of performance, Both Teams Are not in Their peak form. France had a difficult time in the Euro, yet reached the final. But France showed their defensive solidity during the Euro. Meanwhile, Italy Are still unstable and Spalletti needs more time to shape the team. So, we pick France as the winner at Parc des Princess.

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