Italy vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
UEFA Nations League A
Date: Friday, 4 September 2020
Kick-off at 19:45 UK/ 20:45 CET
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Team News
Roberto Mancini light on a regular central midfielder headed into Thursday's meeting with Bosnia. Marco Verratti has been given extra time off after the exploitation of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, while they have to keep an eye on Nicolo Barella after Inter finished the season just a few days earlier. Meanwhile, AC Milan midfielder Sandro Tonali has withdrawn from the squad due to injury.
Italy also without Federico Bernardeschi after Juventus winger pulled out of the squad on Wednesday with a thigh injury. There are doubts over the fitness of both Alex Meret and Lorenzo Insigne but they are okay to play for Italy.
Lazio striker Ciro Immobile finished as top scorer in five European leagues last season with 36 goals. You can not leave him out of the starting XI here.
After testing positive for COVID-19, the former Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic has withdrawn from the squad Bosnia and his absence is a big blow. Bosnia dealing with a raft of interesting players in general. Most of the Italian players will, however, be familiar with Roma striker Edin Dzeko to lead the line for Bosnia.
Italy vs Bosnia-Herzegovina: Prediction
Both teams are included in the same group in qualifying for the upcoming Euro Cup. And, the Azzurri ran away with the top spot with ten wins from their ten fixtures, while their counterparts do not qualify, because they had to make do with a fourth-place finish.
In fact, three out of a total of four victories with the Dragons have come up against two of the worst teams in the group, and they had conceded more than four times the goal that Mancini's men had been let.
It is also worth mentioning that the Azzurri have scored at a rate of 3.7 goals per game, while only conceding rate of 0.4 goals per match.
Happen, the four-time world champion also has a 100% winning record against these opponents, and has scored two goals or more in all of their meetings until now.
In addition, the other two teams in Group A1 (the Netherlands and Poland) took each other, the winner of the 2006 World Cup will try to secure a dominating victory this weekend, while hoping for a draw in the other match-ups.
Relying on Italy to do the job and posting three points on the board in style.
Italy vs Bosnia-Herzegovina: Betting Tips
More than 1.5 Team Goals by Italy @ 1.44 (4/9)
Italy Score in First Half @ 1.50 (1/2).
