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Turkey vs Italy, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2021
Turkey
0 – 3
Full Time
Italy
Fri 11 Jun 2021 · 19:00 UTC Stadio Olimpico, Rome HT 45' · FT 45'
Caglar Soyuncu 88' Y
Halil Dervisoglu 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Turkey vs Italy — European Championship at Stadio Olimpico, Rome.

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

Match Details

  • Referee Pol van Boekel
  • Referee Hessel Steegstra
  • Referee Jan de Vries
  • Referee Danny Makkelie
  • Referee Kevin Blom
  • Referee Stephanie Frappart
4 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game

Head-to-Head

1
2
Turkey 3 games · Avg 3.7 goals Italy
Last 5 meetings
2021-06-11 Turkey 0–3 Italy 2017-12-26 Turkey 0–5 Italy 2017-09-09 Italy 0–3 Turkey

Recent Form

Turkey
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Jun Italy H 0–3 L
05 May Switzerland H 3–0 W
28 Apr Wales A 0–0 D
21 Apr Poland H 0–1 L
14 Apr Blyth Town FC A 1–2 L
10 Apr Austria H 2–2 D
Italy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Jun Turkey A 3–0 W
05 May Royal Standard de Liège A 0–0 D
28 Apr Sweden H 3–1 W
21 Apr Russia A 1–1 D
14 Apr Ukraine H 3–1 W
07 Apr Austria A 3–0 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Turkey this season
0% Clean Sheets
Italy this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Turkey
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
1/3
76+
2/–
■ 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)

Turkey
Merih Demiral 2 G
Arda Guler 1 G 2 A
Mert Muldur 1 G
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu 1 G
Italy
Nicolo Barella 1 G
Alessandro Bastoni 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Stadio Olimpico, Rome that hosts another battle between Turkey and Italy.
  • 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 10' It looks surprising Turkey does not make any changes. Leonardo Bonucci has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 25' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Roberto Mancini will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
  • 40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 45' Zeki Celik has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
  • 46' Cengiz Under has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yusuf Yazici on 46 minute.
  • 51' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 53' Magnificent from Merih Demiral! That is 9 goals in 392 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 58' 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.
  • 63' The home supporters are growing impatient. Turkey must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 64' Fresh legs for Turkey! Kaan Ayhan comes on to replace Ozan Tufan.
  • 65' The whistle greets Ozan Tufan as he departs to be replaced by Kaan Ayhan.
  • 66' Against the run of play, Ciro Immobile has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 71' Manuel Locatelli needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 69 Yellow cards this season.
  • 74' The supporters are chanting for Bryan Cristante. He replaces Manuel Locatelli on 74 minute.
  • 76' Another change for Turkey made on 76 minute. Kenan Karaman leaves to be changed by Halil Dervisoglu.
  • 79' Lorenzo Insigne is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 3 goals this season for the .
  • 81' Lorenzo Insigne makes way for Federico Chiesa at the 81 minute mark. A tactical switch from Italy.
  • 85' Italy ring the changes. Domenico Berardi has done his job and it is now time for Federico Bernardeschi to step up.
  • 88' Caglar Soyuncu was booked on 88.
  • 90' Halil Dervisoglu catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 90.
  • Another three points for Italy.

Lineups

Turkey Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Senol Gunes

Italy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roberto Mancini

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.07 Turkey xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.58 Italy xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Turkey26% Draw28% Italy46%
Actual: Italy win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.65
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 49%
51%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Turkey or Draw
54%
Draw or Italy
74%
Turkey or Italy
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Turkey19% Draw47% Italy34%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.8%
0 – 1
10.2%
1 – 2
9.1%
0 – 0
9%
0 – 2
8.6%
1 – 0
6.6%
2 – 1
6.1%
2 – 2
4.9%
1 – 3
4.8%
0 – 3
Actual
2 – 0
4%
2 – 3
2.7%

Asian Handicap — Turkey

Handicap Turkey covers Push Italy covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 7% 90%
-1.5 10% — 90%
-1 10% 15% 76%
-0.5 24% — 76%
+0.5 52% — 48%
+1 52% 22% 25%
+1.5 75% — 25%
+2 75% 15% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Turkey keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
Italy keeps clean sheet
35% ✗

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