Turkey vs Italy Prediction and Bet

After a year delay due to a health crisis, the European football Championship 2021 begins on June 11th. The tournament will open the match between Turkey and Italy. The opening match of Euro 2021 in Rome will be the 2nd match at the European Championships between Italy and Turkey. The previous one dates back to 2000 and even then it was Italy's debut match.

Turkey Betting Facts

Turkey is in its 5th participation in a European championship. The best placement is 3rd place in 2008, when the national team then led by Terim, a revelation of the tournament, kneeled before Germany in the semifinal match played courageously until the end. The final result was 3-2, with Lahm's decisive goal in the 90th minute.

Turkey qualified for the competition by placing second in Group H during the qualifying round for the European Championship, collecting seven wins, two draws, and one defeat. This means in particular that the Turkish national team, led by Şenol Güneş, should not be underestimated. Although Italy is quoted as the winner of the match by virtually all of the betting experts, it is by no means certain that the competition will turn out to be easy. Furthermore, historically speaking, even if Turkey never achieved stunning results during the European championships, it has always confirmed itself as a tough opponent to defeat. However, in the previous matches played against Italy, Turkey had seven defeats and three draws.

Italy Betting Facts

Italy is coming out of a very complicated period during which it did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup. A real cataclysm for the 4 times world champion. It was the first international competition missed by Italy since Euro 1992. Following this disillusion, Roberto Mancini took the reins of the team and initiated a serious workforce renewal.

Speaking of the qualifying phase for Euro2021, Italy managed to earn a perfect streak of 10 victories, a result that certainly bodes well for its fans not only for the 11th match but also given the entire European Championship. With 37 goals scored and only 4 received, the statistics seem to confirm the predictions, however, it must also be calculated that Turkey has rarely let to be an easy opponent to defeat.

Mancini's national team is listed as the most likely winner not only of the match against Turkey but also as the winner of Group A which, in addition to these two teams, also includes Wales and Switzerland. In addition to being the favorite in this match, the Italian national team will perhaps also be in slight advantage by playing at home, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.