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Italy vs France

Competition – Nations League

Stadium: San Siro

Date: 12th November 2026

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT

First meets second in Group 1 at San Siro on Thursday night, with France three points clear of Italy after four games. The sides drew 1-1 in France last month. Both won their most recent match, Italy beating Turkey 3-1 at home and France beating Belgium 4-1. Kick-off is at 7:45pm GMT.

Italy have three wins, a draw and a defeat from their last five, scoring nine and conceding five. The latest was a 3-1 home win over Turkey in October, three days after a 1-1 draw in France. Before that, they won 4-1 in Turkey and lost 2-0 at home to Belgium in the Nations League, while the oldest result is a 1-0 friendly win in Greece in June. Italy are unbeaten in their last three games.

France’s 4-1 home win over Belgium in October was their third win in four Nations League games. Three days earlier they drew 1-1 at home with Italy, and before that they won 1-0 in Belgium and 1-0 in Turkey. The oldest result in the sample is a 6-4 defeat to England at the World Cup in July. That makes three wins, a draw and a defeat, with 11 goals scored and eight conceded, and France kept clean sheets in two of their four Nations League games.

France have the edge in recent meetings, with three wins to Italy’s one and one draw. The most recent was the 1-1 draw in France in October. Before that, France won 3-1 in Italy in November 2024, two months after Italy had won 3-1 in France. Further back, France won 3-1 at home in a 2018 friendly and 3-1 in Italy in a 2016 friendly. Italy have lost both of their home meetings in the sample, a record they will hope to improve at San Siro.

France lead Group 1 on 10 points from four games, three ahead of second-placed Italy on seven. An Italy win would take them to 10 points, level with France, while a France win would lift them to 13 and six points clear of Italy.

In Italy, the match is live on RAI 1 with streaming on RaiPlay, while French viewers can watch on TF1 or stream it on TF1+. In the USA, it’s on Fox Sports 1, with fuboTV, ViX and FOX One among the streaming options.

Stake

Possible Lineups

Italy

4-3-3

HOME

France

4-3-3

AWAY
D
Donnarumma
R
Restes
R
Ruggeri
B
Bastoni
M
Mancini
DL
Di Lorenzo
D
Diouf
L
Lacroix
Y
Yoro
K
Kounde
D
Doumbia
R
Romano
B
Barella
K
Kone
C
Camavinga
A
Akliouche
M
Maldini
S
Scamacca
V
Vergara
B
Barcola
L
Lepaul
D
Dembele

Italy — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✓ Italy 3-1 Turkey Nations League 05.10.26
= France 1-1 Italy Nations League 02.10.26
✓ Turkey 1-4 Italy Nations League 28.09.26
✕ Italy 0-2 Belgium Nations League 25.09.26
✓ Greece 0-1 Italy International Friendly 07.06.26

France — Form

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
✓ France 4-1 Belgium Nations League 05.10.26
= France 1-1 Italy Nations League 02.10.26
✓ Belgium 0-1 France Nations League 28.09.26
✓ Turkey 0-1 France Nations League 25.09.26
✕ France 4-6 England World Cup 18.07.26

Head to Head

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
France 1-1 Italy Nations League 02.10.26
Italy 1-3 France Nations League 17.11.24
France 1-3 Italy Nations League 06.09.24
France 3-1 Italy International Friendly 01.06.18
Italy 1-3 France International Friendly 01.09.16

Where to Watch

🇮🇹 Italy
RAI 1RaiPlay
🇫🇷 France
TF1TF1+MolotovmyCANAL
🇺🇸 USA
Fox Sports 1fuboTVViXFOX One
🇨🇦 Canada
TLNVIVADAZN CanadafuboTV Canada
🇩🇪 Germany
SRF zweiDAZN GermanyDAZN1 Germany
🇪🇸 Spain
DAZN Spain
🇨🇭 Switzerland
RAI 1TF1SRF zweiRTS 2RTS SportSunrise TVDAZN SwitzerlandBlue SportSRF Play
🇧🇪 Belgium
TF1DAZN BelgiumProximus PickxTF1+
🇵🇹 Portugal
Sport TV1Sport TV MultiscreenMatch Player
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Ziggo Sport 2Ziggo Go
TV Channel Streaming Radio

Table

Nations League Standings — League A, Group 1

Pos. Team MP W D L GF GA GD P Form
1 France 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 10
WDWW
2 Italy 4 2 1 1 8 5 3 7
WDWL
3 Belgium 4 2 0 2 6 5 1 6
LWLW
4 Turkey 4 0 0 4 2 11 -9 0
LLLL

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