Italy – Netherlands 3–2

	1H	2H	T
IT	2	1	3
NL	1	1	2

Match report

Italy beat Netherlands 3–2 at Italy Stadium in World Cup 2026. Retegui opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Italy have 3 wins in their last 5, while Netherlands have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Retegui

7'

18'

⚽Depay

⚽Frattesiassist Di Lorenzo

30'

Zaccagni

36'

2H

53'

F. de Jong

⚽Barellaassist Retegui

68'

⇄Nielsen↓ Zaccagni

68'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Gakpo

Bastoni

70'

⇄Costa↓ Retegui

77'

⇄Rossi↓ Depay

79'

⚽F. de Jongassist Depay

Momentum

IT

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

NL

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 26, 2022 · 19:00

VenueItaly Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance56,963 / 65,475 (87%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#15·

#4

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

2.5Expected goals (xG)2

15Total shots12

8Shots on target5

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

9Corner kicks6

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Verbruggen

7.9

Lineups

IT 4-3-37.12Formation7.144-3-3 NL

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

1Donnarumma6.4 2Di Lorenzo7.6 3Bastoni7.1 4Calafiori6.5 5Dimarco7.1 6Tonali7.4 7Barella6.8 8Frattesi7.4 9Chiesa7.2 10Retegui7.6 11Zaccagni7.2

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

1Verbruggen7.9 2Dumfries6.7 3Van Dijk7.0 4De Vrij7.6 5Aké6.6 6Schouten7.4 7F. de Jong7.7 8Reijnders7.3 9Simons6.5 10Depay7.5 11Gakpo6.3

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	0	8:2	+6	9
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	8:2	+6	7
3	England	3	2	1	0	7:3	+4	7
4	Brazil	3	2	0	1	7:2	+5	6
5	Spain	3	2	0	1	6:3	+3	6
6	Germany	3	1	1	1	6:3	+3	4
7	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5:4	+1	4
8	Portugal	3	1	0	2	5:4	+1	3
9	Italy	3	1	0	2	4:4	0	3
10	Croatia	3	0	1	2	4:5	-1	1
11	Poland	3	0	1	2	3:5	-2	1
12	Morocco	3	0	1	2	2:6	-4	1
13	USA	3	0	1	2	1:7	-6	1
14	Belgium	3	0	0	3	3:5	-2	0
15	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	2:6	-4	0
16	Japan	3	0	0	3	1:6	-5	0