Italy vs. Austria Tip & Quotes, 26.06.2021 – 21:00
Italy and Austria will meet on Saturday evening, 26.06.2021 at 9 pm, in Wembley in the second round of the European Championship. The Azzurri scored all nine possible points in Group A and defeated Wales in the final game with a B selection. The ÖFB-Elf was present in group C and qualified as a group second behind Holland for the round of the last 16 teams. Last Monday, the red-white-reds completed the quarter-finals with a victory over Ukraine.
(Status of EM 2021 odds: 23.06.2021, 13:19 o’clock)
Roberto Mancini’s national team was already qualified for the eighth round of the European Championships before the last group match against Wales and set up a B-11. A whole eight regular players were spared. Nevertheless, Squadra Azzurra was the dominant eleven and had shot opportunities through Pessina (17th, 42nd), Belotti (24th) and Chiesa (29th). On the other hand, the Welsh came only to a noteworthy opportunity to lead through the header of Gunter (27th). Shortly before the break whistle Italy then scored the deserved 1-0 lead (39th, Pessina). In the second period of the game, there was no longer a long start-up time. The Azzurri missed the second goal after a free kick from Bernardeschi (53rd, post). A defensive mistake by the Italians almost brought the Dragons to 1-1 out of nowhere, but Ramsey forgave (54th). Chiesa and Belotti did not take advantage of further opportunities to score 2-0 (58th, 65th). In between, the Welsh Ampadu saw the red card (55th) due to rough fouling. In excess, the southern Europeans hit the second goal, but neither Belotti (89th) nor the substituted Cristante made the decision in the second period (90- +2). Shortly before that was happiness on the part of the Italians, because Bale missed a good chance for Wales (76.).
The Mancini team won all three European Championship group games against Turkey (3-0), Switzerland (3-0) and Wales (1-0) without conceding a goal and became a deserved group winner. The 1968 European champion has been unbeaten for 30 consecutive international games and has not conceded more than 1000 minutes. The last defeat was almost three years ago. On September 10, 2018, there was a 0-1 failure in the Nations League in Portugal. The Italians failed at the EURO 2016 in France in the quarter-finals due to Germany after penalty shootouts. Previously, there was a 2-0 victory against Spain in the eighth finals and a threesome against Belgium in the group stage.
The four-time world champion has scored seven goals at the European Championships so far and is now the second best attacking team in the tournament. Ciro Immobile and Manuel Locatelli each scored twice. Lorenzo Insigne and Matteo Pessina each scored one goal.
The Azzurri does not have to complain about barriers or injuries, so National Coach Mancini can draw from the crowd.
Recent Matches from Italy
Italy: 5 victories – 0 draws – 0 defeats
(Status: 22.06.2021)
The ÖFB team was the better team in the first round against Ukraine, but took some time to create opportunities. The first possibility was the guided tour for Austria by Baumgartner (21st). Of the Ukrainians, almost nothing could be seen offensive, with the exception of a shot by Shaparenko, which Ösi’s finalist Bachmann kept loose (29th). The Hoffenheimer had to be replaced injured shortly after his leadership goal. But even without him, Franco Foda’s national team was in good form and even before the break by Arnautovic awarded two outstanding shot opportunities (37th, 45th +2). In the second round, the red-white-reds continued to be the more active team without having the clear chances – Schlager dragged off significantly (57th). Ukraine has now done more without becoming really dangerous. A near-owner goal by Lainer almost turned the game upside down (62.). The yellow-blues were far too harmless and have to worry about entering the quarter-finals as group knights. It remained the felt 1:0 job victory for Austria.
After the victories against Northern Macedonia (3:1) and Ukraine (1:0), the Foda elf is in the quarter-finals. The only defeat during the group stage was against Holland (0-2) on the second day of the match. This marks Austria’s first entry into the eighth round of the European Championships. The alpine kickers had never succeeded before. In the final round of the European Championships five years ago in France, the Austrian selection disappointed and flew out without victory immediately after the preliminary round – Hungary (0:2), Portugal (0:0), Iceland (1:2).
With four EM goals, Austria represents four different shooters – Marko Arnautovic, Christoph Baumgartner, Michael Gregoritsch and Stefan Lainer each met once.
Valentino Lazaro (muscle injury) continues to fail. The use of Christoph Baumgartner, who had to be replaced by Italy due to injury, is still uncertain.
Recent matches from Austria
Austria: 2 victories – 1 draw – 2 defeats
5 wins Italy – 2 draws – 0 wins Austria
Italy is Austria’s top favourite for the quarter-finals of the European Championship. The Squadra Azzurra finished the three group games with nine points and 7:0 goals and has been unbeaten for 30 international games in a row. The unique European champion is the strongest national team together with the Netherlands at the European Championships and makes a mature impression. The ÖFB-Elf celebrated its first entry into the knockout round with one EURO and has so far lost in the tournament only against a favorite on the title. The Foda Eleven can already hurt the southern Europeans, but at the moment this is very unlikely. We predict that the Azzurri will have no problems with Austria and will march into the European Championship quarter-finals with a win after regular season at the Wembley Stadium.
Little unspectacular we favor for this EM Tip forecast accordingly also the 3-way bets on Italy wins. For this sports betting tip, the online betting providers provide EM betting odds in the range around 1.50+.
Bet Tip Bundesliga trend: Italy wins
Wettquote bei Unibet*: 1.54 (Odds: 23.06.2021, 13:19 Uhr)
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