Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland: Final score, stats and lineups
FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA · Playoff Semifinals
Italy
- Sandro Tonali 56'
- Moise Kean 80'
2-0
FT
Northern Ireland
Key events
- Halftime 45'+2'
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Sandro Tonali56'
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Alessandro BastoniFoul on Jamie Donley.58'
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Federico GattiOff: Alessandro Bastoni63'
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Pio EspositoOff: Mateo Retegui64'
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68'
Paul SmythOff: Terry Devlin
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79'
Jamie ReidOff: Brodie Spencer
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79'
Josh MagennisOff: Jamie Donley
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Moise KeanAssist: Sandro Tonali80'
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Marco PalestraOff: Matteo Politano83'
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Niccolò PisilliOff: Sandro Tonali83'
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Giacomo RaspadoriOff: Moise Kean88'
- End Regular Time 90'+4'
Team stats
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12Corner Kicks3
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62.6Possession37.4
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19SHOTS8
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8ON GOAL1
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5Blocked Shots3
Match info
- Competition
- FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
- Round
- Playoff Semifinals
- Kickoff
- Thursday, March 26, 2026, 3:45 PM ET
- Venue
- New Balance Arena, Bergamo, Italy
- Attendance
- 23,439
- Series
- ITA leads series 3-0-2
Team stats
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11Fouls8
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1Yellow Cards0
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0Red Cards0
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2Offsides0
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12Corner Kicks3
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1Saves5
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62.6Possession37.4
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19SHOTS8
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8ON GOAL1
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0.4On Target %0.1
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0Penalty Goals0
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0Penalty Kicks Taken0
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423Accurate Passes236
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504Passes311
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0.8Pass Completion %0.8
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11Accurate Crosses2
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34Crosses10
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0.3Cross %0.2
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53Long Balls60
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29Accurate Long Balls28
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0.5Long Balls %0.5
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5Blocked Shots3
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9Effective Tackles7
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10Tackles17
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0.9Tackle %0.4
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8Interceptions13
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24Effective Clearances38
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24Clearances38
Lineups
Italy3-5-2- 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
- 7Matteo Politano↓RM
- 3Federico DimarcoLM
- 13Riccardo CalafioriCD-L
- 21Alessandro Bastoni↓CD
- 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
- 18Nicolò BarellaCM-R
- 8Sandro Tonali↓CM-L
- 9Mateo Retegui↓CF-L
- 11Moise Kean↓CF-R
- 5Manuel LocatelliAM
- 2Marco Palestra↑
- 12Marco Carnesecchi
- 4Leonardo Spinazzola
- 20Giorgio Scalvini
- 17Davide Frattesi
- 14Niccolò Pisilli↑
- 19Federico Gatti↑
- 22Alex Meret
- 6Alessandro Buongiorno
- 16Bryan Cristante
- 15Pio Esposito↑
- 10Giacomo Raspadori↑
Northern Ireland5-4-1- 23Pierce CharlesG
- 2Terry Devlin↓RB
- 20Brodie Spencer↓LB
- 13Ruairi McConvilleCD-L
- 17Paddy McNairCD
- 5Trai HumeCD-R
- 15Justin DevennyRM
- 19Shea CharlesCM-R
- 10Jamie Donley↓F
- 7Ethan GalbraithCM-L
- 14Isaac PriceLM
- 18Jamie Reid↑
- 4Tom Atcheson
- 22Ciaron Brown
- 8Callum Marshall
- 21Josh Magennis↑
- 16Brad Lyons
- 12Conor Hazard
- 1Bailey Peacock-Farrell
- 9Patrick Kelly
- 6George Saville
- 11Paul Smyth↑
- 3Eoin Toal
Last five games
ITA leads series 3-0-2
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