Belgium – Italy. Forecast and announcement for the League of Nations match

On October 14, the match of the 5th round of the Nations League will be held at “King Baudouin”, in which the Belgian national team will meet with the Italian national team. The match will start at 21:45 Kyiv time.

Belgium

The team recently reached its peak, becoming the bronze medalist of the World Championship in 2018. But the main stars of that generation have already finished their careers or passed their peak. There are, of course, new talents, but the regression of the Red Devils was noticeable especially after the next World Cup, where they failed to get out of the group. This was Roberto Martinez’s sentence. Tedesco, who replaced him, had a good qualification last year, but performed mediocrely already at the Euro itself: one victory, elimination already in the 1/8 finals, and also due to an own goal. It was not possible to add much in the fall, in the Europa League, where Courtois, De Bruyne and Lukaku did not participate as they wished. Yes, they coped with Israel, drew in Rome. But the French lost again, twice, losing real tournament motivation: they will not be relegated, but it is difficult to climb higher than the current third place.

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Italy

The national team was able to win Euro 2020 in a confident style, even if not without questions (what were the penalties in the 1/2 and the final worth). But then there was a defeat in the dispute for entry to the World Cup. Moreover, they missed the second such tournament in a row! And in the summer, at the Euro, the Azzurri team, which is already under the leadership of Spalletti, and not under Mancini, also had a rather weak result: a heart attack exit from the group and 0:2 in the very first round of the playoffs, against Switzerland. Luciano himself described it as a failure, but did so after opening the Nations League away from home in September with an away win over arch-rivals France. But then, after twice beating the outsider, Israel, the national team allowed Belgium to make a comeback to draw with 0:2. So there are difficult matches ahead, and before hosting the French, it is important to maintain the lead so that there is no need to play for victory against the vice-champion of the world and the semi-finalist of the Euro.

Statistics of personal meetings

Until October’s 2:2 draw, Squadra Azzurri had won three times in a row against this opponent.

Forecast

Bookmakers believe in Tedesco’s wards. But at least the motivated guests are capable of not losing (coefficient – ​​1.61).