Italy vs Germany Prediction, 02:45 March 21: Unpredictable Battle

Prediction before the match Italy vs Germany

After an impressive journey in the UEFA Nations League group stage, today Germany and Italy will meet in the quarter-finals. Although the UEFA Nations League is not considered a highly rated tournament, many people have even said that it is a "disguised friendly match", for Germany and Italy, they certainly consider this tournament an important playground, a place to win a title, proving the correctness of their youth team policy.

Since winning EURO 2020, Italy has clearly declined, with the peak of disappointment being their failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. The reigning European champions, where football is the most developed in the world, failed to qualify for the World Cup. That detail shows the great disappointment that the Azzurri have brought to their fans.

After the crisis, they started to rejuvenate the squad. This plan really encountered many difficulties because Italy could not find excellent players to replace the generation that brought them glory such as Bonucci, Chiellini, Insigne... That was the reason why this team struggled for a long time before making a strong comeback in the UEFA Nations League campaign.

Form, history of confrontations between Italy and Germany

On the other side of the front line, the Germans are in a similar situation. They may not have caused as much disappointment as Italy, but the failure at EURO 2024, a tournament with home advantage, still brought doubts about Germany's policy of replacing the force. They only partly regained confidence thanks to an impressive journey in the UEFA Nations League group stage.

But German fans certainly don't want their team to stop there. In the UEFA Nations League quarter-finals, they need a victory against Italy to ignite their belief in a bright future.

Unfortunately, winning on Italy's field has never been an easy task for Germany. In fact, in the history of confrontations, Germany has visited Italy 7 times and has not won any of them, with 3 losses and 4 draws. At home, Italy is playing very well. In the last 11 matches as hosts, this team is unbeaten in 10, winning 8 of them.

Home advantage is the main support for Italy to achieve a memorable series of matches in recent times. Meanwhile, playing away from home has not been a very positive experience for the Germans. They have only won 1 of their last 5 away matches. Germany may find a way to win the return leg, but the first leg is unlikely to bring them joy.

Expected lineup Italy vs Germany

Italy: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Bastoni; Politano, Barella, Rovella, Tonali, Udogie; Raspadori, Kean.

Germany: Nubel; Kimmich, Rudiger, Schlotterbeck, Mittelstadt; Andrich, Gross; Sane, Musiala, Adeyemi; Kleindienst.

Score prediction: Italy 2-1 Germany

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