Italy v Malta in Group C of the European Championship qualifiers in Germany is scheduled for Saturday 14 October at 21:45 at Stadio San Nicola in Bari and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 3 and First Sport 2.

Italy is the favorite and must win the match against Malta, and England has already escaped from victory in the group, the “squadra azzurra” is experiencing great emotions related to the passage to the final tournament.

Group C includes England (13 points from five games), Italy (seven points from four games), Ukraine (seven points from five games), North Macedonia (seven points from five games) and Malta (none point from five games). the conditions under which the first two places qualify for Euro 2024.

Italy, the European champions, opened their previous matches with a 1-2 defeat at home to England, followed by two wins, 2-0 against Malta (d) and 2-1 against Ukraine (a), between which they played wonderfully draw in North Macedonia, score 1-1.

The national team under the leadership of Luciano Spalletti is in 2nd place in the rating, six points behind the leader England, which, although the match is more fierce, but the draw with Ukraine and North Macedonia, so the chances of winning the group are minimal, but qualification from the second position remains achievable.

During these preliminary matches, Italy also participated in the final tournament of the League of Nations in June, where they lost in the semi-final 1-2 to Spain, then won the minor final against the Netherlands 3-2.

Malta cannot make a claim in Bari as they have lost all five of their matches, most recently at home to North Macedonia by 0-2.

Italy’s Michele Marcolini’s side managed just one goal in the group, with their only wins this year coming in two friendlies, 1-0 against Luxembourg (d) and 1-0 against Gibraltar (a).

In addition, Malta have lost 31 of their last 35 games in European Championship qualifiers, with just one win and three draws in their last four campaigns.

The last time the two teams met was on March 26, 2023, when Italy won 2-0 away to Malta thanks to goals from Matteo Reteghi 15 and Matteo Pessina 27.

Probable teams

Italy: Donnarumma – Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Dimarco – Barella, Locatelli, Frattesi – Berardi, Raspadori, Keane.

Malta: Bonello – J. Borg, Muscat, Pepe – Mbong, Christensen, Guillaume, Camenzuli – Jankam, Degabriele – Nwoko.

Superbet offers odds of 1.33 on the prediction Total goals over 2.5: at least three goals scored in the match Italy – Malta.

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