Greece vs Italy Preview

Greece welcome Italy to the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion on Sunday evening for an International Friendly between two nations watching the World Cup from the sidelines. With neither side having qualified for the tournament in North America, this fixture offers both a chance to maintain competitive rhythm and lay foundations ahead of future qualifying cycles.

Greece come into this one in a run of mixed results that reflects a side lacking a cutting edge. Their most recent outing ended in a 2–2 draw away to Sweden — a decent draw on the road but a result that continued a streak without a win. Prior to that, they were held to a goalless draw away in Hungary. Before that came their only defeat in this five-match run, a 1–0 home loss to Paraguay. Earlier in this run, they drew 0–0 away in Belarus, and the sequence began with a 3–2 home win over Scotland — their only victory across these five outings. One win and three draws from five tells the story of a resilient but ultimately blunt Greek side.

Italy arrive in noticeably better shape, having shown considerably more attacking output across their recent matches. Their most recent outing was a composed 1–0 win away in Luxembourg, keeping a clean sheet and taking the points efficiently. Prior to that, they were held to a 1–1 draw away by Bosnia-Herzegovina — a point that will have frustrated given their ambitions. Before that, they produced a strong 2–0 home win over Northern Ireland. Earlier in this run came their heaviest reverse, a 4–1 home defeat to Norway — a result that stood as an outlier in an otherwise solid sequence. The run began with a 2–0 away win in Moldova. Three wins from five, with clean sheets in three of those matches, suggests Italy are the more organised and clinical unit heading into this encounter.

The head-to-head record favours Italy, who have won two of the three recorded meetings between these sides, with one draw and no wins for Greece. Most recently, Italy won 2–0 at home in October 2019. In the previous encounter, Italy won 3–0 away at Greece in June 2019.

Greece hold home advantage and will look to their defensive structure to frustrate a youthful Italian side, but on recent evidence the visitors carry considerably more threat going forward. Italy’s clean-sheet record and ability to grind out results away from home makes them the likelier side to emerge with the win on Sunday night.

In Italy, the match is live on RAI 1 and available to stream via RaiPlay. In Greece, viewers can watch on Alpha TV. In the UK and Ireland, the game is available on Amazon Prime Video.

Lineups

Greece (3-4-1-2) Tzolakis, Retsos, Mavropanos, Koulierakis, Rota, Kourbelis, Zafeiris, Tsimikas, Tzolis, Tetteh, Pavlidis

Italy (4-3-3) Donnarumma, Bartesaghi, Chiarodia, Comuzzo, Favasuli, Koleosho, Lipani, Ndour, Cherubini, Esposito, Pisilli

Greece Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
🤝	Sweden	2 – 2	Greece	International Friendly	Jun 4, 2026
🤝	Hungary	0 – 0	Greece	International Friendly	Mar 31, 2026
❌	Greece	0 – 1	Paraguay	International Friendly	Mar 27, 2026
🤝	Belarus	0 – 0	Greece	International Friendly	Nov 18, 2025
✅	Greece	3 – 2	Scotland	International Friendly	Nov 15, 2025

Italy Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Luxembourg	0 – 1	Italy	International Friendly	Jun 3, 2026
🤝	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1 – 1	Italy	International Friendly	Mar 31, 2026
✅	Italy	2 – 0	Northern Ireland	International Friendly	Mar 26, 2026
❌	Italy	1 – 4	Norway	International Friendly	Nov 16, 2025
✅	Moldova	0 – 2	Italy	International Friendly	Nov 13, 2025

Head to Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Italy	2 – 0	Greece	European Championship Qualifying	Oct 12, 2019
Greece	0 – 3	Italy	European Championship Qualifying	Jun 8, 2019
Greece	1 – 1	Italy	International Friendly	Nov 19, 2008

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Italy	RAI 1, RaiPlay
Greece	Alpha TV
Great Britain	Amazon Prime Video
Ireland	Amazon Prime Video
France	L’Equipe, Molotov, Free
Germany	DAZN Germany
USA	fuboTV, Fubo Sports Network, ViX
Portugal	Sport TV1, Sport TV Multiscreen
Brazil	ESPN Brazil, Disney+ Premium Brazil
Japan	DAZN Japan