England v Italy, Group C of the European Championship qualifiers in Germany, scheduled for Tuesday 17 October at 9.45pm at Wembley in London, will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

In the most anticipated match of the penultimate round of qualification for Euro-2024, the England team, which almost reached the final tournament, will meet, and Italy, which is seriously fighting to qualify for the competition in Germany.

The two teams played in the final of the last European Championship on July 11, 2021 at Wembley in London, when Italy won the match against England, 1-1 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, 3-2 after taking the tie-break!

Group C includes England (13 points from five matches), Italy (10 points from five matches), Ukraine (10 points from six matches), North Macedonia (seven points from six matches) and Malta (no points from six matches). the conditions under which the first two teams qualify for Euro 2024.

England come off the back of two friendlies, 3-1 against Scotland away and 1-0 against Australia at home, and with a win against Italy they will mathematically guarantee their presence at Euro 2024.

Gareth Southgate’s side remain heavy favorites to qualify and are 1st even if they lose, given they still have Malta (a) and North Macedonia (d) to play, while Italy play Ukraine in 2 place.

The only unbeaten team in the group, England, has won four in a row, and a month ago they drew Ukraine 1-1 in Wroclaw, Poland.

Italy won three days ago at home against Malta, 4-0, but they must shoot to overturn the defeat in the first match, scored 1-2 at home against England, as well as a surprise draw in North Macedonia, the score 1-1.

Italy, the reigning European champions, risk missing out on European Championship 2024 if they lose to England, in which case they will play a crucial qualifier away to Ukraine, most likely also in Poland.

Luciano Spalletti’s side are currently embroiled in a major betting scandal, with Niccolò Fagioli, Sandro Tonali and Niccolò Zaniolo leaving the squad having already been heard by prosecutors, but there appear to be other key players for the Azzurri on the blacklist as well.

The two representatives last met in the current preliminary match on March 23, 2023 in Naples, when England beat Italy 2-1 (Declan Rice 13, Harry Kane 44p respectively, Matteo Reteghi 56).

Probable teams

England: Pickford – Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier – Alexander-Arnold, Rice – Foden, Bellingham, Rashford – Kane.

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

Superbet offers odds of 1.75 on the PsFX prediction: a draw at half-time or at the end of the match England – ​​Italy.

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