Italy 2:0 Northern Ireland: Match Result

World Cup - Qualification Europe

Italy WLWDWW

2:0

Finished

Kick-off was 26 Mar, 19:45

Northern Ireland LWLDWL

Key numbers

Possession, % 63 – 37

Shots on target 8 – 1

Shots off target 6 – 4

Expected goals 1.59 – 0.51

⚽ 56' S. Tonali — Goal 🟨 58' A. Bastoni — Yellow card ⇄ 63' M. Retegui — Substitution ⇄ 63' A. Bastoni — Substitution ⇄ 68' T. Devlin — Substitution ⇄ 79' B. Spencer — Substitution ⇄ 79' J. Donley — Substitution ⚽ 80' M. Kean — Goal ⇄ 83' S. Tonali — Substitution ⇄ 83' M. Politano — Substitution ⇄ 88' M. Kean — Substitution

Match events

56' 1:0 Italy Goal S. Tonali
58' 1:0 Italy Yellow card A. Bastoni
63' 1:0 Italy Substitution M. Retegui off: F. Esposito
63' 1:0 Italy Substitution A. Bastoni off: F. Gatti
68' 1:0 Northern Ireland Substitution T. Devlin off: P. Smyth
79' 1:0 Northern Ireland Substitution B. Spencer off: J. Reid
79' 1:0 Northern Ireland Substitution J. Donley off: J. Magennis
80' 2:0 Italy Goal M. Kean assist: S. Tonali
83' 2:0 Italy Substitution S. Tonali off: N. Pisilli
83' 2:0 Italy Substitution M. Politano off: M. Palestra
88' 2:0 Italy Substitution M. Kean off: G. Raspadori

Statistics

63 Possession, % 37

8 Shots on target 1

6 Shots off target 4

1.59 Expected goals 0.51

3 Big chances 0

90 Attacks 74

12 Corners 3

11 Fouls 8

8 Free kicks 10

2 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 12

24 Throw-ins 16

All statistics

35 Aerial duels 35

54 Backward passes 45

5 Blocked shots 3

24 Clearances 38

34 Crosses 10

16 Dribbles 11

1.07 Expected assists 0.38

81 Failed passes 75

1 Goalkeeper saves 5

8 Interceptions 13

15 Key passes 6

53 Long passes 60

93 Passes into the final third 55

290 Passes in the opposition half 189

248 Passes in own half 132

0.42 Shot accuracy 0.13

5 Shots from outside the box 4

14 Shots inside the box 4

16 Aerial duels won 19

11 Successful crosses 2

3 Successful dribbles 6

29 Successful long passes 28

9 Successful tackles 7

423 Successful passes 236

10 Tackles 17

504 Total passes 311

Line-ups

Italy

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Gianluigi Donnarumma	1
13	Riccardo Calafiori	13
21	A. Bastoni	21
23	Gianluca Mancini	23
3	F. Dimarco	3
5	Manuel Locatelli	5
7	Matteo Politano	7
8	Sandro Tonali	8
18	N. Barella	18
9	Mateo Retegui	9
11	Moise Bioty Kean	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Marco Carnesecchi	12
22	Alex Meret	22
2	M. Palestra	2
4	Leonardo Spinazzola	4
6	Alessandro Buongiorno	6
19	Federico Gatti	19
20	Giorgio Scalvini	20
14	Niccolò Pisilli	14
16	Bryan Cristante	16
17	Davide Frattesi	17
10	Giacomo Raspadori	10
15	F. Esposito	15

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Northern Ireland

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Pierce Charles	23
5	Trai Hume	5
13	Ruairi McConville	13
17	Patrick James Coleman McNair	17
2	Terry Devlin	2
7	Ethan Stuart William Galbraith	7
15	Justin Devenny	15
19	Shea Emmanuel Charles	19
20	Brodie Gilmore Spencer	20
10	J. Donley	10
14	Isaac Price	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	1
12	Conor Hazard	12
3	Eoin Toal	3
4	Tom Atchison	4
22	Ciaron Maurice Brown	22
6	George Saville	6
9	Patrick Kelly	9
16	Bradley Joseph Lyons	16
8	Callum Marshall	8
11	Paul Patrick Smyth	11
18	Jamie Tyrrell Reid	18
21	Joshua Brendan David Magennis	21