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Belgium vs Italy, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2016
Belgium
0 – 2
Full Time
Italy
Mon 13 Jun 2016 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 66' Giorgio Chiellini
Y 75' Eder
Y 78' Leonardo Bonucci
Y 84' Thiago Motta
Jan Vertonghen 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Belgium vs Italy — European Championship .

  • Belgium 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Italy 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Simon Beck
  • Referee Andre Marriner
  • Referee Anthony Taylor
  • Referee Carlos del Cerro
  • Referee Mark Clattenburg
  • Referee Jake Collin

Head-to-Head

1
5
Belgium 6 games · Avg 2.2 goals Italy
Last 5 meetings
2016-06-13 Belgium 0–2 Italy

Recent Form

Belgium
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jun Italy H 0–2 L
Italy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jun Belgium A 2–0 W

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Belgium this season
0% Clean Sheets
Italy this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Belgium
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/–
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Italy
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/2
61-75
–/–
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Italy
Nicolo Barella 1 G
Alessandro Bastoni 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Italy kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 20' It’s high time Marc Wilmots made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 25' It looks surprising Belgium does not make any changes. Marco Parolo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 30' The energy levels are beginning to show. Antonio Conte might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 32' Emanuele Giaccherini is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 37' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Belgium and Italy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 42' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Italy that had 111 games and scored 42 goals.
  • 47' Italy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 47.
  • 52' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Marc Wilmots will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 57' Belgium currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 59' The Italy manager makes a substitution. Matteo Darmian departs to be replaced by Mattia De Sciglio.
  • 62' The crowd applauds Radja Nainggolan as he leaves the pitch. Dries Mertens steps in for Belgium.
  • 66' Poor challenge from Giorgio Chiellini. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 71' Belgium are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 73' The Belgium manager makes a substitution. Romelu Lukaku departs to be replaced by Divock Origi.
  • 75' A meaty challenge results in booking for Eder on 75.
  • 75' Ciro Immobile is replacing Eder for the Italy side.
  • 76' The crowd applauds Laurent Ciman as he leaves the pitch. Yannick Carrasco steps in for Belgium.
  • 78' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Leonardo Bonucci.
  • 78' Another substitution for Italy to replace Daniele De Rossi by Thiago Motta on 78 minute.
  • 83' Thibaut Courtois has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 84' It’s a booking for Italy player. Thiago Motta gets a Yellow card.
  • 89' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 90' Graziano Pelle is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 90' The referee shows Belgium player a Yellow card on 90.
  • It finishes all square. Belgium and Italy share the spoils 0-2.

Lineups

Belgium Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marc Wilmots

Italy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Antonio Conte

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.65 Belgium xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.57 Italy xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 62% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Belgium20% Draw28% Italy52%
Actual: Italy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes39% 0% No61%
Avg goals/match: 2.22
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 65%
35%
± 2.5 38%
62%
± 3.5 19%
81%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Belgium or Draw
48%
Draw or Italy
80%
Belgium or Italy
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Belgium11% Draw50% Italy39%
Actual: Italy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
16.2%
0 – 0
13%
0 – 2
Actual
1 – 1
11.8%
1 – 2
8.5%
0 – 3
6.7%
1 – 0
6%
1 – 3
4.5%
2 – 1
3.4%
2 – 2
2.8%
0 – 4
2.6%
2 – 0
2.1%

Asian Handicap — Belgium

Handicap Belgium covers Push Italy covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 96%
-1.5 4% — 96%
-1 4% 10% 86%
-0.5 14% — 86%
+0.5 42% — 58%
+1 42% 26% 32%
+1.5 68% — 32%
+2 68% 18% 14%
+2.5 86% — 14%

Clean Sheet

Belgium keeps clean sheet
22% ✓
Italy keeps clean sheet
53% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.