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. Barella opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Italy have 3 wins in their last 5, while Netherlands have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Barellaassist Di Lorenzo

12'

23'

⚽F. de Jongassist Dumfries

Bastoni

28'

⚽Retegui

35'

2H

46'

⚽Depay

⚽Frattesiassist Dimarco

58'

⇄Bianchi↓ Zaccagni

68'

⇄Nielsen↓ Gakpo

⇄Keller↓ Retegui

77'

⇄Costa↓ Depay

Momentum

IT

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

NL

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 14, 2022 · 19:00

VenueItaly Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance47,797 / 65,475 (73%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#1·

#8

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

Depay

7.9

Lineups

IT 4-3-37.24Formation7.104-3-3 NL

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

1Donnarumma6.8 2Di Lorenzo6.4 3Bastoni7.5 4Calafiori6.9 5Dimarco7.5 6Tonali7.8 7Barella7.2 8Frattesi7.8 9Chiesa7.6 10Retegui6.4 11Zaccagni7.7

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

1Verbruggen6.6 2Dumfries7.1 3Van Dijk7.5 4De Vrij6.3 5Aké7.1 6Schouten7.8 7F. de Jong6.4 8Reijnders7.7 9Simons7.0 10Depay7.9 11Gakpo6.7

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