Italy vs Albania | UEFA Euro 2024 | Pre Match
Italy vs Albania
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
This will be Italy and Albania’s first encounter at a major tournament. Italy have won all four of their previous meetings with Albania (7 goals for, 1 against), which have all taken place since 2014.
2
This is Italy’s 11th appearance in the UEFA European Championship – only Germany and Spain have won the tournament on more occasions than the Squadra Azzura (2, in 1968 and 2020).
3
Italy will attempt to become just the second team to win back-to-back UEFA EURO tournaments after Spain (2008, 2012).
4
Italy have never conceded more than one goal in a match across their last two UEFA EURO participations, in 2016 and 2020: that’s a total of six goals conceded across their last 12 matches in the competition.
5
Italy’s 45 matches at the UEFA EURO have produced 1.84 goals on average (52 for, 31 against), that’s the lowest ratio amongst any of the 25 teams to have taken part in 10+ matches in the competition.
