Italy and Switzerland will battle for the top position in World Cup Qualifiers’ Group C clash on Friday, November 12, at 10:45 pm.
The two teams tie with 14 points with Italy ranking 1st as they have a better goal difference. The Azzurri have 11 goal difference compared to Switzerland’s 9.
Italians are wary of Swiss prowess despite the latter being underdogs.
In the Uefa Euros that Italians won in July 2021, Switzerland showed their might by eliminating France in the Round of 16 but lost to Spain in the quarter-finals on penalties.
Italy, however, will be buoyed by the fact that it beat the Swiss 3-0 in the group stage of the Euros in their last clash.
According to the leading gaming website, Betika, Italy is the favourite in this encounter.
See below Betika odds, prediction and analysis on possible lineups.
Italy win: 1.62
Draw: 3.70
Switzerland win: 5.60
Other match odds and statistics
Italy needs to defeat the Swiss side to maintain its position at the top.
Italy’s unbeaten run of 37 games came to an end when they lost 2-1 to Spain in the Uefa Nations League semi-finals.
In the last 10 matches between these 2 sides, Italy has W3 D6 L1.
These two sides have scored against each other in 4 of the last 10 matches against each other.
In the World Cup qualifiers, Italy has scored 12 goals and conceded only 1 goal while Switzerland has scored 10 and conceded only 1. These two teams thus have good defensive records despite playing attacking football.
Both teams to score (Gg/ng)
Only 3 out of 10 games between these sides has witnessed an Over 2.5 scoreline.
Over 2.5: 2.11 Under 2.5: 1.71
Match news
Italian centre backs Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, are doubtful for this match after picking minor injuries earlier on while playing for Juventus.
Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka was left out of the squad as he is still sidelined with an injury.
Possible Lineups
Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Emerson, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessandro Bastoni, Giovanni Di Lorenzo; Jorginho, Marco Verratti, Manuel Locatelli; Federico Chiesa, Lorenzo Insigne, Ciro Immobile
Switzerland: Yan Sommer; Ricardo Rodriguez, Nico Elvedi, Fabian Schar, Silvan Widmer; Djibril Sow, Remo Freuler; Steven Zuber, Xherdan Shaqiri, Renato Steffen; Breel Embolo
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