On July 6, Tuesday evening we will have the first semi-final game at Wembley Stadium, London. Two Mediterranean teams will have a clash to advance to the last stage of the European Championship: Italy vs Spain.
Italy is unbeaten in 32 matches. They finished their group stage with spectacular results. Until the knockout stage where they played against Austria, they had 11 matches of winning streak without conceding a goal. It’s a pretty spectacular statistic. Mancini’s men underperformed against Austria in the regular time but they managed to get the lead in the extra time. Their opponent for the quarter-finals was the championship favorite and the world no.1 Belgium. They scored 2 goals and although they had a pretty strong defense, Belgium found a goal against them from a penalty. But of course, this didn’t stop Italy from beating them.
Spain has definitely underperformed in the group stage, finishing second in their group to lose their first place to Sweden. In the knockout stage, they played against Croatia finishing the regular time with a 3-3 tie. However, in the extra time, they found 2 more goals and became the main character in one of the highest-scoring games in the Euro tournament. In the quarter-finals, Spain had a bit of trouble finding the net on both regular and extra time. But their goalkeeper Simon showed his brilliant skills by saving 2 penalties to beat Switzerland 3-1 on penalties.
Prediction:
This will be a pretty strong and open game. Italy and Spain met at the 2012 and 2016 Euro tournaments where they each got one victory. So, in this game, we will see who will get the lead in h2h. Considering two of Spain’s and one of Italy’s games moving onto extra time, draw in regular time looks like the most possible option here with valuable 2+ odds. Both teams also have strong defenses, so, we might not see a lot of goals. Under 0.75 is the second option we think is most possible.
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