Spain vs Italy | UEFA Euros 2024 | Pre Match
Spain vs Italy
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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This will be the 11th encounter between Spain and Italy at a major tournament, across the UEFA EURO (8) and FIFA World Cup (3), a record between two European nations. It’s the fifth consecutive EURO tournament at which they’ve met going back to 2008, also a record.
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Penalty shoot-outs excluded, Italy have lost only one of their 10 matches against Spain at the UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup (W4 D5); that sole defeat came in the final of EURO 2012 (0-4).
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Spain have won their last two matches against Italy, both in the UEFA Nations League. They have never won three consecutive matches against the Italians.
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Spain have won all three of their previous UEFA European Championship meetings with the reigning champions of the competition, reaching the final in each edition they did so – 2-1 v Soviet Union in 1964, 1-0 v West Germany in 1984 and 2-1 v Greece in 2008.
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Italy are unbeaten in their last 10 games at the UEFA European Championships (W7 D3), with the first match in this run being a 2-0 victory over Spain at EURO 2016. Their last defeat in the competition came against Republic of Ireland in their final group stage game in 2016, having already qualified by MD3.
