The fourth round of the UEFA Nations League will see Germany take on Italy at Olympiastadion Berlin this week in League group 3. Match day schedules for June, 14 2022 at 21:45 EAT.
The hosts are seeking a first win in Group 3, and hopes of reaching the competition’s finals as group winners rest on an upturn in fortunes over the next three match days. For the hosts, the Nations League hasn’t been very rosy; they have three straight draws in this group, and going into Match Day 4 they’ll want to go for more.
Germany prepare for this fixture after they shared spoils 1-1 with Hungary in their last Nations League fixture. In that game, Germany had 67% possession, six shots with one of them on target and a goal scored by Jonas Hofmann (9′). Hungary got 11 shots with seven of them on target and a goal by Zsolt Nagy (6′).
Meanwhile, the European Champions Italy now round off a relatively positive camp by facing Germany for the second time in 10 days, and this time away at Monchengladbach’s Borussia-Park, after the first meeting between the teams earlier this month resulted in the spoils being shared. In a group with just two wins, theirs over Hungary is one of them, and they will be looking for a second win to boost their chances of finishing top.
Italy drew held each other to 0-0 Nations League stalemate with England in their previous game. In that match, Italy had 41% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. England got 12 shots with four of them on target.
Germany vs. Italy head to head
Since 1996 these two sides have had 11 head to head encounters; Italy has won four times, Germany two times and five matches played out draws.
- Italy 1-1 Germany 04/06/22
- Italy 0-0 Germany 15/11/16
- Germany 6-5 Italy 02/07/16
- Germany 4-1 Italy 29/03/16
- Italy 1-1 Germany 15/11/13
Home
- Hungary 1-1 Germany
- Germany 1-1 England
- Italy 1-1 Germany
- Netherlands 1-1 Germany
- Germany 2-0 Israel
Away
- England 0-0 Italy
- Italy 2-1 Hungary
- Italy 1-1 Germany
- Italy 0-3 Argentina
- Turkey 2-3 Italy
Germany team news
Marco Reus has sustained a muscle injury and has been ruled out of the remainder of his team’s games this month. Serge Gnabry is also yet to hit full fitness and might not feature in this match.
Italy team news
Domenico Berardi, Ciro Immobile, Federico Chiesa and Gaetano Castrovilli are injured and have been ruled out of the fixture.
Prediction and odds
Germans might be winless in the tournament so far but it needs to be mentioned that they are unbeaten in the past 12-month period while Italy is on a transitional phase at the moment and will need to work hard to defeat their traditional rivals.
- Germany Win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
