Euro 2012 England v Italy Betting Preview from the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv on Sunday 24th June 2012.
The whole game can be seen Live on BBC One High Definition with a scheduled 19:45pm (BST) Kick Off Time.
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England have peformed above expectations so far during this tournament by remaining unbeaten and winning their group, but the performance on the pitch hasn’t really been inspiring to watch and Roy Hodgson’s side were extremely lucky to see Ukraine’s goal not given for not crossing the line, when replays show it cleary did.
England need to start stepping it up now and players like Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young and Steven Gerrard must try to press the Italy defence more than what we have seen so far as this Italy side will be extremely confident of getting the job done having already held Spain to a 1-1 draw.
Italy have been a joy to watch so far during this tournament and rightly deserve their place in this quarter final show down against England. Coach Cesare Prandelli has not yet tasted defeat in a competitive match since his appointment back in 2010 and with his strikers in excellent scoring form the Azzurri are going to be very difficult to overcome.
England v Italy Team News
England Team News
Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain will be hoping to secure the right wing spot for this game as James Milner has looked out of his depth in recent matches.
Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck will lead the attack up front for the Three Lions with the defence protected by Steven Gerrard and Scott Parker.
Probable Line Up [4-4-2]: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Walcott, Gerrard, Parker, Young, Rooney, Welbeck.
Italy Team News
Giorgio Chiellini is definitely out for the Azzurri as he continues to recover from a thigh problem. Thiago Motta missed training with the team and is obviously a doubt as he is suffering from muscle spasms.
Mario Balotelli could be handed a starting position up front alongside Cassano having scored an excellent volley against Republic of Ireland in the previous game.
Probable Line Up [4-3-1-2]: Buffon, Abate, Barzagli, Bonucci, Balzaretti, De Rossi, Pirlo, Marchisio, Montolivo, Balotelli, Cassano.
England v Italy Head to Head Statistics
Sunday night’s quarter final match between the two nations will become the 23rd meeting and all the results of those previous games can be seen in our head to head statistics table shown below.
- England Victories : 7
- Draws : 6
- Italy Victories : 9
You have to go back to 1997 to find the last time the two countries met each other which came during qualification to the 1998 World Cup in France and on that day over in Rome the score finished 0-0.
