Netherlands – Italy 2–1

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

Match report

Netherlands beat Italy 2–1 at Netherlands Stadium in World Cup 2026. F. de Jong opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Netherlands have 3 wins in their last 5, while Italy have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

25'

Donnarumma

⚽F. de Jongassist De Vrij

40'

2H

51'

⚽Barellaassist Calafiori

⚽Depay

63'

Gakpo

68'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Gakpo

68'

⇄Bianchi↓ Zaccagni

Aké

74'

⇄Rossi↓ Depay

77'

⇄Keller↓ Retegui

Momentum

NL

⚽⚽⚽

IT

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 8, 2025 · 19:00

VenueNetherlands Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance43,100 / 46,848 (92%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#17·

#6

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

1.8Expected goals (xG)1.3

14Total shots11

7Shots on target4

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

8Corner kicks5

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

1Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

F. de Jong

7.8

Lineups

NL 4-3-37.09Formation7.224-3-3 IT

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

1Verbruggen6.3 2Dumfries6.8 3Van Dijk7.2 4De Vrij7.7 5Aké6.7 6Schouten7.5 7F. de Jong7.8 8Reijnders7.4 9Simons6.6 10Depay7.6 11Gakpo6.4

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

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

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