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England men · International friendly

Italy
v England⁠

1–1

Full time

Italy v England finished 1–1.

England
Townsend 79'
Italy
Pellè 29'
Date
Tuesday 31 March 2015 · England in 2015
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Juventus Stadium, Turin
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-3-1-2

Starting XI

Substitutes

Italy Formation 3-5-2

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Gianluigi Buffon GK
  • No. 3, Giorgio Chiellini CB Off in the 72'
  • No. 13, Andrea Ranocchia CB
  • No. 19, Leonardo Bonucci CB
  • No. 18, Alessandro Florenzi RM Off in the 60'
  • No. 8, Roberto Soriano CM
  • No. 16, Marco Parolo CM
  • No. 4, Matteo Darmian LM Off in the 73'
  • No. 14, Mirko Valdifiori AM Off in the 67'
  • No. 17, Éder FW Off in the 61'
  • No. 20, Graziano Pellè FW Yellow card 36' Off in the 61'

Substitutes

  • No. 2, Ignazio Abate On in the 60'
  • No. 9, Ciro Immobile On in the 61'
  • No. 23, Franco Vázquez On in the 61'
  • No. 10, Marco Verratti On in the 67'
  • No. 24, Emiliano Moretti On in the 72'
  • No. 5, Luca Antonelli On in the 73'
  • No. 6, Antonio Candreva (not used)
  • No. 7, Simone Zaza (not used)
  • No. 11, Alessio Cerci (not used)
  • No. 12, Salvatore Sirigu (not used)
  • No. 15, Andrea Barzagli (not used)
  • No. 22, Manolo Gabbiadini (not used)
  • No. 25, Federico Marchetti (not used)
  • No. 26, Davide Santon (not used)

Referee: Dr. Felix Brych.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2000 – 2014

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

Graziani

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

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