Italy vs Albania prediction and betting tips

Tournament:European Championship

Game time:16 jun 2024, 03:00

A match between the national teams of Italy and Albania will take place in the 1st round of the Euro on June 15, 2024. The favourite of the couple is obvious, but “the Squadra Azzurra” still needs to confirm this status on the field.

Italy vs Albania: key statistics and trends

• Italy has lost only once in its 11 previous matches.
• Albania has won twice before heading to the Euro.
• Italy wins the first half in 54% of matches, Albania does the same in exactly half of the games.

Italy – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Squadra Azzurra” missed the second World Cup in a row. And there were many misfires last year, both under the leadership of Mancini and Spalletti. The team lost twice to England in qualifying and to Spain in the Nations League; also, it shared qualifying points with North Macedonia and Ukraine.

The Italians had performed better in friendly matches before the Euro. Still, the victories over Venezuela and Ecuador in March were added by only a goalless draw in the struggle with Turkey. Finally, Frattesi, thanks to a single goal, beat Bosnia.

Albania – the shape of the team and its analysis:

“The Red and Blacks” became a sensation in last year’s qualification. They, starting with a defeat to Poland, eventually won their qualifying group, together with the Czech Republic (the favourite of the cycle, “the Kadra”, was left in 3rd place).

Sylvinho’s wards started the year 2024 with defeats: they lost dryly to Chile (0-3) and Sweden (0-1) in March. The team had managed to lift the spirits with victories before the Euro, but they defeated the outsiders – Liechtenstein and Azerbaijan conceded 3 goals each.

Italy: team news

Acerbi and Scalvini had been injured before the Euro.

Albania: team news

Cikalleshi decided to give up performing at this level. Mucolli suffered an injury at the end of the club’s season.

Italy vs Albania: possible starting line-ups

Italy (possible line-up): Vicario – Dimarco, Bastoni, Mancini, Di Lorenzo – Jorginho, Cristante, Pellegrini, Chiesa, Orsolini – Retegui.

Albania (possible line-up): Berisha – Ajeti, Balliu, Ismajli, Mitaj – Asllani, Bajrami, Gjasula – Asani, Broja, Hoxha.

Previous head-to-head matches: Italy vs Albania

All 4 head-to-head matches against the neighbour were won by “the Squadra Azzurra”.

Free prediction for the match Italy vs Albania

Luciano Spalletti’s wards must not only win, but also worry about goal difference. We bet on their victory with “a -1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.62).