Netherlands – Italy 3–2

	1H	2H	T
NL	1	2	3
IT	2	0	2

Match report

Netherlands beat Italy 3–2 at Netherlands Stadium in World Cup 2026. Barella opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Netherlands have 3 wins in their last 5, while Italy have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

11'

⚽Barellaassist Calafiori

⚽Depay

23'

34'

⚽Retegui

2H

⚽Reijndersassist F. de Jong

46'

Aké

52'

Gakpo

58'

⇄Keller↓ Depay

65'

⇄Costa↓ Retegui

⚽F. de Jongassist De Vrij

84'

⇄Bianchi↓ Gakpo

84'

⇄Nielsen↓ Zaccagni

Momentum

NL

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

IT

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 12, 2022 · 19:00

VenueNetherlands Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance42,632 / 46,848 (91%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#13·

#2

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

1Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Schouten

7.9

Lineups

NL 4-3-37.05Formation7.334-3-3 IT

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

1Verbruggen6.7 2Dumfries7.2 3Van Dijk7.6 4De Vrij6.4 5Aké7.2 6Schouten7.9 7F. de Jong6.5 8Reijnders7.8 9Simons7.1 10Depay6.3 11Gakpo6.8

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

1Donnarumma6.9 2Di Lorenzo6.4 3Bastoni7.6 4Calafiori7.0 5Dimarco7.6 6Tonali7.9 7Barella7.3 8Frattesi7.9 9Chiesa7.7 10Retegui6.5 11Zaccagni7.8

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