Belgium vs Italy Preview

One point covers the top three in Group 1 going into Sunday’s final-round meeting at the King Baudouin Stadium. Italy and France are level on 10 points, with Belgium a point behind on nine. Both Belgium and Italy won on Thursday, Belgium 2-1 in Turkey and Italy 3-1 at home to France. Belgium beat Italy 2-0 in the reverse fixture in September. Kick-off is at 7:45pm GMT.

Thursday’s 2-1 win in Turkey kept Belgium’s alternating run going, with their last five reading win, defeat, win, defeat, win. Before Thursday they lost 4-1 in France, and three days earlier they beat Turkey 3-0 at home. Further back, they lost 1-0 at home to France and won 2-0 in Italy. That makes three wins and two defeats, with eight goals scored and six conceded, and both defeats came against France.

Italy are unbeaten in four, with three wins and a draw, and they have scored 11 goals across their last five. Thursday’s 3-1 home win over France was the latest, and before that they beat Turkey 3-1 at home in October. Before those, they drew 1-1 in France and won 4-1 in Turkey, while the oldest result is the 2-0 home defeat to Belgium in September. That defeat is the only game in the sample in which Italy failed to score.

Italy have the edge in recent meetings, with three wins to Belgium’s one and one draw, but Belgium won the most recent, 2-0 in Italy in September. Before that, Italy won 1-0 in Belgium in November 2024, a month after a 2-2 draw in Italy. Italy also won 2-1 in the Nations League in October 2021 and 2-1 at the European Championship in July 2021. Belgium have not beaten Italy in a game listed as a Belgian home fixture in the sample, something they will hope to change at the King Baudouin Stadium.

Italy and France are level on 10 points at the top of Group 1, with Belgium third on nine. A Belgium win would take them to 12 points and top of the group on current standings, while an Italy win would move them to 13.

In the UK, the match is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Belgian viewers can watch on VTM or RTL TVI, with streaming on VTM GO and RTL Play, while in Italy it’s on RAI 1 with streaming on RaiPlay. US viewers can stream it on fuboTV or ViX.

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Belgium — Form

Italy — Form

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Nations League Standings — League A, Group 1