ItalyAttacking momentumNorthern Ireland
Preview
- The Knockout of the 2026 WC Qualification Europe sees Italy and Northern Ireland collide on 2026-03-26 at 19:45 GMT.
- With the data available to us, G. Gattuso and M. O'Neill have not met as managers before.
- There are no injury or suspension concerns for either Italy or Northern Ireland.
- We expect Italy to line up in a predicted 3-at-the-back 3-5-2, and Northern Ireland are expected to line up in 3-4-2-1.
- Both teams are coming from different results: Italy fell 1-4 against Norway, while Northern Ireland prevailed 1-0 over Luxembourg.
- Form edge goes to Italy (4-0-1) against a faltering Northern Ireland (2-0-3) from their past 5 matches.
- Dominance for Italy: across 3 clashes, they've won 2 games and only lost 0 games to Northern Ireland, with 1 stalemates.
- TheyScored users favour 2-2 (13.8%) over all other scorelines - 3-0 sits second at 10.8%.
- We predict Italy to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (3-0-1) and 2.75 goals/game.
Loading chart…
Loading chart…
Loading chart…
Loading chart…
Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Most Guessed Score
2
0
Click to see more details
Team Kits
Italy
Northern Ireland
Events
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 56' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 58' | A. Bastoni | ||
| 63' | |||
| 64' | |||
| 68' | |||
| 79' | |||
| 79' | |||
| 80' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 83' | |||
| 83' | |||
| 88' | |||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
Italy is going head to head with Northern Ireland on 26/3/2026 19:45 GMT for the WorldCup WC Qualification Europe. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 0. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Italy v Northern Ireland H2H statistics!