World Cup - Qualification Europe
·Semi-final
Featured match
- Sandro Tonali 56'
- Moise Kean 80'
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
Italy beat Northern Ireland 2-0. Scorers for Italy: Sandro Tonali 56', Moise Kean 80'. Italy had 63% of possession.
Italy
Northern Ireland
- Full-time 2 - 0
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88'
Giacomo Raspadori Out: Moise Kean · Italy Substitution for Italy: Giacomo Raspadori comes on for Moise Kean
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83'
Marco Palestra Out: Matteo Politano · Italy Substitution for Italy: Marco Palestra comes on for Matteo Politano
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83'
Niccolò Pisilli Out: Sandro Tonali · Italy Substitution for Italy: Niccolò Pisilli comes on for Sandro Tonali
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80'
Moise Kean 2-0 Goal · Assist: Sandro Tonali · Italy Goal for Italy! Moise Kean turns in the pass from Sandro Tonali (2-0)
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79'
J. Reid Out: B. Spencer · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: J. Reid comes on for B. Spencer
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79'
J. Magennis Out: J. Donley · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: J. Magennis comes on for J. Donley
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68'
P. Smyth Out: T. Devlin · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: P. Smyth comes on for T. Devlin
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64'
Francesco Esposito Out: Mateo Retegui · Italy Substitution for Italy: Francesco Esposito comes on for Mateo Retegui
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63'
Federico Gatti Out: Alessandro Bastoni · Italy Substitution for Italy: Federico Gatti comes on for Alessandro Bastoni
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58'
Alessandro Bastoni Yellow card · Italy Alessandro Bastoni of Italy is booked
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56'
Sandro Tonali 1-0 Goal · Italy Sandro Tonali finds the net for Italy (1-0)
- Half-time 0 - 0
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
Italy
Northern Ireland
WWWWL
Last 5 matches LWLLW
2Position3
18Pts9
2.5Goals scored per match1.1
1.7Goals conceded per match1.4
4Clean sheets3
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
Italy3-5-2
Northern Ireland5-4-1
20
7.2
Spencer
79'
B. Spencer
- 79'Out
- 68'Out
9
6.7
Retegui
64'
Mateo Retegui
- 64'Out
- 80'Goal
- 88'Out
3
7.9
Dimarco
Federico Dimarco
Player profile
8
8.5
Tonali
56'83'
Sandro Tonali
- 56'Goal
- 83'Out
- 83'Out
Italy3-5-2
Coach: Ivan Gennaro Gattuso
Starting XI
- 1GK Gianluigi Donnarumma 7.0
- 23DF Gianluca Mancini 7.5
- 21DF Alessandro Bastoni58'63' 7.0
- 13DF Riccardo Calafiori 7.6
- 7MF Matteo Politano83' 6.7
- 18MF Nicolò Barella 6.3
- 5MF Manuel Locatelli 7.3
- 8MF Sandro Tonali56'83' 8.5
- 3MF Federico Dimarco 7.9
- 11FW Moise Kean80'88' 7.7
- 9FW Mateo Retegui64' 6.7
Substitutes
- 22GK Alex Meret
- 12GK Marco Carnesecchi
- 17MF Davide Frattesi
- 10FW Giacomo Raspadori88'
- 6DF Alessandro Buongiorno
- 19DF Federico Gatti63' 6.7
- 15FW Francesco Esposito64' 6.9
- 14MF Niccolò Pisilli83' 6.3
- 2DF Marco Palestra83' 6.2
- 16MF Bryan Cristante
- 4DF Leonardo Spinazzola
- 20DF Giorgio Scalvini
Northern Ireland5-4-1
Coach: Michael Andrew Martin O'Neill
Starting XI
- 23GK P. Charles 7.2
- 2DF T. Devlin68' 6.9
- 5DF T. Hume 7.3
- 17DF P. McNair 7.0
- 13DF Ruairi McConville 7.2
- 20DF B. Spencer79' 7.2
- 15MF J. Devenny 6.7
- 19MF S. Charles 7.3
- 7MF E. Galbraith 6.9
- 14MF I. Price 6.9
- 10FW J. Donley79' 6.3
Substitutes
- 12GK C. Hazard
- 1GK Bailey Peacock-Farrell
- 21FW J. Magennis79' 6.5
- 18FW J. Reid79' 6.5
- 6MF G. Saville
- 16MF B. Lyons
- 22DF C. Brown
- 8FW C. Marshall
- 11FW P. Smyth68' 6.6
- 3DF E. Toal
- 9MF P. Kelly
- 4DF Tom Atcheson
Italy
Northern Ireland
63%
37%
19
Shots
8
8
On target
1
6
Off target
4
12
Corners
3
11
Fouls
8
2
Offsides
0
1
Yellow cards
0
1
Saves
5
503
Passes
308
84%
Pass accuracy
76%
Italy wins1Draws1
Northern Ireland wins0Last meetings
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15 November 2021 · World Cup - Qualification Europe
Northern Ireland
0-0
Italy
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25 March 2021 · World Cup - Qualification Europe
Italy
2-0
Northern Ireland