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England men · UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group C

England
v Italy⁠

3–1

Full time

England v Italy finished 3–1.

Italy
Scamacca 15'
Date
Tuesday 17 October 2023 · England in 2023
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Wembley Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

Italy Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Gianluigi Donnarumma GK
  • No. 2, Giovanni Di Lorenzo RB Yellow card 30'
  • No. 19, Giorgio Scalvini CB Yellow card 65'
  • No. 15, Francesco Acerbi CB Off in the 63'
  • No. 6, Destiny Udogie LB Yellow card 10' Off in the 63'
  • No. 17, Davide Frattesi RM
  • No. 16, Bryan Cristante CM
  • No. 18, Nicolò Barella LM
  • No. 11, Domenico Berardi RW Off in the 78'
  • No. 22, Stephan El Shaarawy LW Off in the 87'
  • No. 9, Gianluca Scamacca FW Off in the 63'

Substitutes

  • No. 3, Federico Dimarco On in the 63'
  • No. 7, Moise Kean On in the 63'
  • No. 23, Alessandro Bastoni On in the 63'
  • No. 10, Giacomo Raspadori On in the 78'
  • No. 20, Riccardo Orsolini On in the 87'
  • No. 4, Federico Gatti (not used)
  • No. 5, Manuel Locatelli (not used)
  • No. 8, Giacomo Bonaventura (not used)
  • No. 12, Guglielmo Vicario (not used)
  • No. 13, Matteo Darmian (not used)
  • No. 14, Gianluca Mancini (not used)
  • No. 21, Alex Meret (not used)

Referee: Clément Turpin.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2018 – 2023

01 23 Mar 2023
UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group C Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples

Italy 1–2 England England won

England: Rice 13', Kane 44' pen

Italy: Retegui 56'

Match page: Italy v England, 23 March 2023

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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