England vs Italy Prediction 17 October 2023

The main highlight of Tuesday's matches of the eighth round of qualifying for Euro 2024 will be the principled meeting between England and Italy.

With 13 points in the asset and a goal statistics of 16:2, England are confidently leading Group C and has an excellent chance of going to the European Championship 2024. It should be noted that during the qualifying cycle, Southgate’s team turned out to be stronger than all their opponents - Italy (2:1), Ukraine (2:0, 1:1), Malta (4:0) and North Macedonia (7:0).

Italy, with 10 points and a goal difference of 10:4, are in second place, also with one match in hand. Prior to the match, Squadra Azzurra calmly dealt with Malta (4:0), having previously beaten them (2:0) and Ukraine (2:1), and also stumbled in duels with England (1:2) and North Macedonia (1:1).

In our opinion, England will act from a position of strength, which will maximize their chances of success in this meeting. However, Italy has nothing to lose, and they will also create many scoring chances at the opponent’s goal. Our prediction: both teams will score.