Israel vs Italy prediction and betting tips on September 9, 2024
Game Prediction
The 2nd round of the Nations League will feature a match between the national teams of Israel and Italy on September 9, 2024. The former, as expected, had an unsuccessful debut at this level, but Spalletti’s men pleasantly surprised, and now everyone expects at least a repeat of their success.
Israel vs Italy: key statistics and trends
- * Israel has lost 3 times in 4 previous matches.
- * Italy had not won 3 times in a row before travelling to France.
- * Israel wins the first half in 25% of matches, Italy does the same in 46% of confrontations.
Our prediction for the match Israel vs Italy
“The White and Blues” received a fairly comfortable group in last year’s qualification, where the only giant was Switzerland. Still, they lost not only to them, but also to Romania, finishing in 3rd position. And then they failed an additional chance, losing with a 1-4 score to Iceland, with a lot of mistakes at the gates of both teams. Speaking about “the Squadra Azzurra”, the team did not show its best either: it took 2nd place in its qualifying group, not without difficulty, with the same number of points as the Ukrainians. Being at the Euro, it won only in the battle against Albania, which took place in the 1st round. Then there was a defeat made by Spain and a draw, which was “snatched” from Croatia at the very last moment of the game. Having thus advanced to the 1/8 stage of the tournament, the team lost with a 0-2 score to Switzerland.
Ran Ben-Shimon took charge of the team in May at a difficult time. The team is still not playing on the native field, but on the neutral ones, moreover, it is under threat of disqualification due to the military actions of this country’s army in the region. The new coach, before the debut in the League A, left Eran Zahavi, the top scorer, who missed a penalty at a key moment of the confrontation with Iceland in the March play-off, out of the squad. There is also no other experienced forward, Weissman. Spalletti, who retained his position after the Euro, removed Darmian, Mancini, Barella, Jorginho, Cristante, Folorunsho, Chiesa, El Shaarawy, Scamacca from his list of performers, but one can mention only a couple of debutants, Okoli and Brescianini.
“The Squadra Azzurra” started this tournament with France. And, having conceded in the 1st minute of the game, the team not only secured a strong-willed, but also a confident victory – 3-1. The Israelis played against Belgium on a neutral field. There were no surprises there: despite Castagne’s own goal, the nominal hosts won with 3-1 result.
Israel vs Italy: possible starting line-ups
Israel (possible line-up): Gerafi – Shlomo, Nachmias, Gandelman – Gropper, Gloukh, Solomon, Abu Fani, Lavi, Jehezkel – Khalaili.
Italy (possible line-up): Donnarumma – Calafiori, Bastoni, Di Lorenzo – Dimarco, Pellegrini, Tonali, Ricci, Frattesi, Cambiaso – Retegui.
Previous head-to-head matches: Israel vs Italy
Taking into account 4 out of 5 head-to-head matches, they were won by “the Squadra” and only 1 game brought a draw.
Free prediction for the match Israel vs Italy
The hosts (and nominal ones at that) are unlikely to improve their performance in any way. The class of Spalletti’s wards is enough to win again with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.833).