Thursday , 2 July 2026

Italy vs Republic of Ireland, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2016
Italy
0 – 1
Full Time
Republic of Ireland
Wed 22 Jun 2016 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 39' Shane Long
Salvatore Sirigu 39' Y
Y 73' Stephen Ward
Andrea Barzagli 78' Y
Simone Zaza 87' Y
Lorenzo Insigne 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Italy vs Republic of Ireland — European Championship .

Match Details

  • Referee Tasos Sidiropoulos
  • Referee Ovidiu Hategan
  • Referee Octavian Sovre
  • Referee Sebastian Gheorghe
  • Referee Constantin Coltescu
  • Referee Alexandru Tudor

Head-to-Head

3
1
1
Italy 5 games · Avg 3.0 goals Republic of Ireland
Last 5 meetings
2016-06-22 Italy 0–1 Republic of Ireland

Recent Form

Italy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Republic of Ireland H 0–1 L
17 Jun Sweden H 1–0 W
13 Jun Belgium A 2–0 W
Republic of Ireland
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Italy A 1–0 W
18 Jun Belgium A 0–3 L
13 Jun Sweden H 1–1 D

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Italy this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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' It’s Showtime! The match between Italy and Republic of Ireland is underway.
  • 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 10' It looks surprising Republic of Ireland does not make any changes. Shane Duffy has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Republic of Ireland are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 20' Seamus Coleman is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Republic of Ireland so far.
  • 25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 30' Republic of Ireland fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Italy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 39' Shane Long picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 44' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Martin O'Neill will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 49' Daryl Murphy has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 54' Republic of Ireland come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 59' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 60' A change in the Italy ranks — Federico Bernardeschi exits the field as Matteo Darmian enters on 60.
  • 65' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 70' Republic of Ireland make a change. Daryl Murphy trudges off to be replaced by Aiden McGeady on 70 minutes.
  • 73' Controversy at the stadium! Stephen Ward argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 74' The Italy manager makes a substitution. Ciro Immobile departs to be replaced by Lorenzo Insigne.
  • 77' Wes Hoolahan is replacing James McCarthy for the Republic of Ireland side.
  • 78' Andrea Barzagli catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 78.
  • 82' Italy ring the changes. Mattia De Sciglio has done his job and it is now time for Stephan El Shaarawy to step up.
  • 85' Robbie Brady is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 87' Simone Zaza catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 87.
  • 90' A moment of madness from Lorenzo Insigne on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Italy will be frustrated.
  • 90' The Republic of Ireland bench stirs into life. Shane Long is withdrawn and Stephen Quinn gets his opportunity.
  • The points are shared — Italy 0-1 Republic of Ireland. Honours even.

Lineups

Italy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Antonio Conte

Republic of Ireland Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Martin O'Neill

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.94 Italy xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.9 Republic of Ireland xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 72% + Italy or Draw 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Italy35% Draw34% Republic of Ireland31%
Actual: Republic of Ireland win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes38% 0% No62%
Avg goals/match: 1.84
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 82%
18%
± 1.5 55%
45%
± 2.5 28%
72%
± 3.5 12%
88%
± 4.5 5%
95%

Double Chance

Italy or Draw
69%
Draw or Republic of Ireland
65%
Italy or Republic of Ireland
66%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Italy22% Draw57% Republic of Ireland21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
18.3%
1 – 1
14.4%
1 – 0
13.5%
0 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
6.7%
2 – 1
6.2%
0 – 2
6%
1 – 2
5.9%
2 – 2
3%
3 – 0
2.1%
3 – 1
2%
1 – 3
1.8%

Asian Handicap — Italy

Handicap Italy covers Push Republic of Ireland covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 9% 88%
-1.5 12% — 88%
-1 12% 21% 67%
-0.5 33% — 67%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 20% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Italy keeps clean sheet
41% ✓
Republic of Ireland keeps clean sheet
39% ✗

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