Thursday , 2 July 2026

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 Liege 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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Turkey is hosting Italy for another epic battle.
  • 5' Turkey is showing some good football. However, Turkey are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Turkey needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' Turkey seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 30' The travelling Italy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 35' Burak Yilmaz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 40' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 46' It is a substitution in Turkey team. Yusuf Yazici is replaced by Cengiz Under on 46 minute.
  • 51' Italy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
  • 53' Merih Demiral puts Italy on the lead.
  • 58' Zeki Celik has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 12 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 63' It’s high time Roberto Mancini made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 64' The whistle greets Ozan Tufan as he departs to be replaced by Kaan Ayhan.
  • 65' Kaan Ayhan has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ozan Tufan on 65 minute.
  • 66' What a strike from Ciro Immobile! The score is 0-2.
  • 71' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 74' Italy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bryan Cristante is hanging Manuel Locatelli on the field on 74 minute.
  • 76' The whistle greets Kenan Karaman as he departs to be replaced by Halil Dervisoglu.
  • 79' Goal! Lorenzo Insigne scores his 88 goal in 508 matches.
  • 81' The whistle greets Lorenzo Insigne as he departs to be replaced by Federico Chiesa.
  • 85' Italy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Federico Bernardeschi is hanging Domenico Berardi on the field on 85 minute.
  • 88' Caglar Soyuncu was booked on 88.
  • 90' Turkey player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • The final score is 0-3.

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.