Italy Aim to Cement Top Spot with Win

Italy vs Netherlands - 14/10/2020

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There are several excellent fixtures to look forward to in the Nations League on Wednesday the 14th of October. One of which takes place at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo, as Italy meet Netherlands.

This is a UEFA Nations League A, Group 1 clash and Italy begin the game top of the group on 5 points with Netherlands in second place on 4 points. With Poland also on 4 points, neither team will want to drop points in this match.

Italy come into the match having picked up a point in a 0-0 draw at Poland on the weekend. It was a match Italy would have been hoping to win but considering it was away from home against a difficult opponent, a draw was a decent result. With Netherlands also drawing 0-0 in Bosnia, Italy remained top of the group.

The Italians have won one of their 3 Nations League fixtures and the victory came away from home against Netherlands. Italy scored the only goal of the match just before half time and managed to keep a clean sheet to seal a 1-0 victory. It was an important win for the Italians as they had previously been held to a 1-1 draw at home by Bosnia.

Italy are currently on a run of 18 matches without defeat. They are undefeated in their last 22 home fixtures and have scored at least one goal in their last 8 games on home soil.

Netherlands will be disappointed to come into this match on the back of a 0-0 draw in Bosnia. As the Bosnian team just suffered a disappointing result that saw them eliminated from the European championship play offs at the hands of Northern Ireland, it was a game Netherlands were expecting to win.

That result comes on the back of a narrow 1-0 loss at home against Italy but Netherlands have picked up a victory in the group, defeating Poland 1-0 at home in the opening round of games.

Trends show Netherlands have failed to win any of their last 3 games, including defeats against Italy and Mexico. However, they are undefeated in their last 5 away matches, picking up 2 draws and 3 wins. Netherlands have kept a clean sheet in 3 of their last 4 away games but have failed to score in each of their last 2 on the road.

Team news and Italy may make several changes to the team that started in Poland. Moise Kean, Domenico Berardi, Giorgio Chiellini, and Ciro Immobile could come into the starting XI.

Netherlands could hand starts to Nathan Aké in defence, with Donny van de Beek and Steven Berghuis coming into attacking midfield.

Italy will be hoping to pull away from Netherlands with a victory in this game but the Dutch are going to make it tough. We may see under 2.5 goals scored in this game and considering Netherlands’ recent away results, there is every possibility the match could end in a 0-0 draw.

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Italy Netherlands 14/10/2020 20:45

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0 - 0

1.52

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3.35

2.12 3.35 4.00 1 -1 1

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1 - 1(1 - 1)

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