Italy vs. Bosnia Tips & Quotes, Sep 04, 2020 – 08:45 PM
For the national teams of Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the new UEFA Nations League season will also start on Friday evening, 04.09.2020 at 20:45. The first season of the NL ran for the Squarda Azzurra in a group with Portugal and Poland intertwined. After four days in the game, they finished second and were at least able to avoid relegation to the B-League. For the Zlatni-Ljilijana (golden lilies) things went better back then. Bosnia started in the B-League and celebrated unbeaten group victory ahead of Austria and Northern Ireland and thus promotion to League A. Already in the EM qualifying they met in a group. Both international matches were won by Italy. At home, the southern Europeans won 2-1 and won the threesome in Bosnia with a 3-0 victory.
(Quotas updated: Sep 03, 2020 – 09:07 AM)
Roberto Mancini’s national team played a perfect European Championship qualification and won all ten games. The final match before the Corona crisis was a home game against Armenia. Squarda Azzurra sent the guests home with a 9-1 pack and underpinned the strong EM qualification. The goals scored for the southern Europeans were Immobile (8th, 33rd), Zaniolo (9th, 64th), Barella (29th), Romagnoli (72nd), Jorginho (75th, Foulelfmeter), Orsolini (78th) and Chiesa (81st). Babayan scored an honorary goal for the Armenians in the meantime 1-8 (79th).
The Mancini team won all ten European qualifying matches and played a perfect round. This made 2019 one of the best ever for the four-time world champion. In addition to the high 9-1 victory against Armenia, there were also two high victories against the extreme outsider Liechtenstein during the group phase (6-0 [H], 5-0 [A]). With 30 points, Italy led Group J ahead of Finland (18), Greece (14), Bosnia-Herzegovina (13), Armenia (12) and Liechtenstein (2).
With 27 goals in the qualifying round, only Belgium was more dangerous on the road to the EURO. Andrea Belotti was the most successful clipper in the Squadra Azzurra jersey with only four hits. Nicolo Barella, Ciro Immobile (current Serie A goalscorer), Lorenzo Insigne and Jorginho each scored three goals.
Recent Matches from Italy
Italy: 5 victories – 0 draws – 0 defeats
(Status: 31.08.2020)
The golden lilies did not show up in the same EM qualifying group on the last day of the game and finally won 3-0 in Liechtenstein. The Bosnian national team scored Civic (57th) and Hodzic in a double pack (64th, 72nd) only in the second round. In the end, however, it was not enough for the first two places to qualify for the 2021 final round.
Dusan Bajevic’s team won only four group games. The three home games against Armenia (2:1), Liechtenstein (5:0) and Finland (4:1) as well as the first away win on the last day of the match in Liechtenstein (3:0) scored 12 points. The four previous guest appearances were all lost. Thus, Bosnia is still waiting for the first qualification for an EM final round since the country’s independence. This is the last chance in the EM playoffs at the beginning of October. In the semi-finals, Bosnia-Herzegovina meets Northern Ireland and would enter the finals with a win. The winner of the second semi-final match between Slovakia and Ireland would then wait there.
Amer Gojak (4) and Edin Dzeko, Armin Hodzic and Miralem Pjanic scored the most of the 20 goals in the European Championship qualification with three pits each.
Latest games from Bosnia
Bosnia: 2 victories – 0 draws – 3 defeats
2 victories Italy – 0 draws – 0 victories Bosnia
Italy is a clear favourite against Bosnia and Herzegovina for the first victory in the first game of the Nations League. The Squadra Azzurra played a perfect European Championship qualification with ten wins from ten games and will therefore enter the Dutch season with motivation. The Zlatni-Ljilijana have only recently won promotion to the A-League in the Nations League. On the other hand, the last international matches in the fight for a ticket for THE EURO 2021 did not go well. Especially in the away games the Bajevic-Elf struggled and could only score triple against football dwarf Liechtenstein in the foreign country. The southern Europeans will take advantage of their home advantage as well as the significantly higher quality in the national squad and win clearly in the stadium of AC Florence. Associated with this, we logically recommend for this tip forecast the 3-way bets on Italy wins, where betting odds are in the range around 1.30.
Bet Tip Bundesliga trend: Italy wins
Wettquote bei Interwetten*: 1.33 (Odds: 03.09.2020, 09:07 Uhr)
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