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England men · UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group C

Italy
v England⁠

1–2

Full time

Italy v England finished 1–2.

Italy
Retegui 56'
Date
Thursday 23 March 2023 · England in 2023
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Naples

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

Substitutes

Italy Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Gianluigi Donnarumma GK
  • No. 2, Giovanni Di Lorenzo RB Yellow card 53'
  • No. 3, Rafael Tolói CB
  • No. 15, Francesco Acerbi CB Yellow card 90+2'
  • No. 4, Leonardo Spinazzola LB
  • No. 18, Nicolò Barella RM Off in the 62'
  • No. 8, Jorginho CM Yellow card 61' Off in the 69'
  • No. 6, Marco Verratti LM Off in the 88'
  • No. 11, Domenico Berardi RW Off in the 62'
  • No. 10, Lorenzo Pellegrini LW Off in the 69'
  • No. 19, Mateo Retegui FW

Substitutes

  • No. 16, Bryan Cristante On in the 62'
  • No. 17, Matteo Politano On in the 62'
  • No. 7, Wilfried Gnonto On in the 69'
  • No. 20, Sandro Tonali On in the 69'
  • No. 9, Gianluca Scamacca On in the 88'
  • No. 5, Matteo Darmian (not used)
  • No. 12, Matteo Pessina (not used)
  • No. 13, Emerson (not used)
  • No. 14, Giorgio Scalvini (not used)
  • No. 21, Wladimiro Falcone (not used)
  • No. 22, Alex Meret (not used)
  • No. 23, Alessio Romagnoli (not used)

Referee: Srdjan Jovanovic.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2015 – 2022

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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