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England men · International friendly

England
v Italy⁠

1–1

Full time

England v Italy finished 1–1.

England
Vardy 26'
Italy
Insigne 87' pen
Date
Tuesday 27 March 2018 · England in 2018
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
Wembley Stadium, London
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Substitutes

Italy Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

  • No. 26, Gianluigi Donnarumma GK
  • No. 21, Davide Zappacosta RB
  • No. 15, Daniele Rugani CB
  • No. 19, Leonardo Bonucci CB
  • No. 2, Mattia De Sciglio LB
  • No. 18, Marco Parolo RM
  • No. 14, Jorginho CM
  • No. 16, Lorenzo Pellegrini LM Off in the 79'
  • No. 6, Antonio Candreva RW Off in the 56'
  • No. 10, Lorenzo Insigne LW
  • No. 17, Ciro Immobile FW Off in the 64'

Substitutes

  • No. 25, Federico Chiesa On in the 56'
  • No. 9, Andrea Belotti On in the 64'
  • No. 20, Roberto Gagliardini On in the 79'
  • No. 1, Gianluigi Buffon (not used)
  • No. 3, Gian Marco Ferrari (not used)
  • No. 4, Matteo Darmian (not used)
  • No. 5, Angelo Ogbonna (not used)
  • No. 7, Giacomo Bonaventura (not used)
  • No. 8, Marco Verratti (not used)
  • No. 12, Simone Verdi (not used)
  • No. 22, Patrick Cutrone (not used)
  • No. 23, Bryan Cristante (not used)
  • No. 24, Alessandro Florenzi (not used)
  • No. 27, Mattia Perin (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2002 – 2015

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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