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England
v Italy⁠

1–2

Full time

England v Italy finished 1–2.

Italy
Marchisio 35', Balotelli 50'
Date
Saturday 14 June 2014 · England in 2014
Kick-off
23:00 UK
Venue
Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

Italy Formation 4-1-4-1

Starting XI

  • No. 12, Salvatore Sirigu GK
  • No. 4, Matteo Darmian RB
  • No. 15, Andrea Barzagli CB
  • No. 20, Gabriel Paletta CB
  • No. 3, Giorgio Chiellini LB
  • No. 16, Daniele De Rossi DM
  • No. 6, Antonio Candreva RM Off in the 79'
  • No. 21, Andrea Pirlo CM
  • No. 23, Marco Verratti CM Off in the 57'
  • No. 8, Claudio Marchisio LM
  • No. 9, Mario Balotelli FW Off in the 73'

Substitutes

  • No. 5, Thiago Motta On in the 57'
  • No. 17, Ciro Immobile On in the 73'
  • No. 18, Marco Parolo On in the 79'
  • No. 1, Gianluigi Buffon (not used)
  • No. 2, Mattia De Sciglio (not used)
  • No. 7, Ignazio Abate (not used)
  • No. 10, Antonio Cassano (not used)
  • No. 11, Alessio Cerci (not used)
  • No. 13, Mattia Perin (not used)
  • No. 14, Alberto Aquilani (not used)
  • No. 19, Leonardo Bonucci (not used)
  • No. 22, Lorenzo Insigne (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2012

Official meetings since 1933

England v Italy stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings32In our results database
England wins10England perspective
Draws11Level at full time
Italy wins11Italy victories

England have scored 39 goals to Italy's 35 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

3

Kane

3 goals against Italy in matches we hold scorer data for.

Italy · Fixture leader

2

Meazza

Italy's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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