Italy – Netherlands 3–2

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

Match report

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

Match events

1H

11'

⚽Reijndersassist Depay

⚽Zaccagni

23'

34'

⚽Gakpo

2H

⚽Chiesaassist Di Lorenzo

46'

Zaccagni

58'

Schouten

⇄Pereira↓ Retegui

65'

⇄Lopez↓ Depay

⚽Frattesiassist Retegui

84'

⇄Romano↓ Zaccagni

84'

⇄Andersen↓ Gakpo

Momentum

IT

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

NL

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 12, 2022 · 19:00

VenueItaly Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance63,511 / 65,475 (97%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#1·

#8

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

56Ball possession %44

2.6Expected goals (xG)2.1

16Total shots10

8Shots on target4

6Shots off target4

3Blocked shots2

9Corner kicks5

3Offsides2

11Fouls12

2Yellow cards4

0Red cards1

2Goalkeeper saves5

540Passes468

78Pass accuracy %78

15Tackles17

Player of the match

Bastoni

7.9

Lineups

IT 4-3-37.02Formation7.044-3-3 NL

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

1Donnarumma7.2 2Di Lorenzo6.8 3Bastoni7.9 4Calafiori7.3 5Dimarco7.9 6Tonali6.5 7Barella7.6 8Frattesi6.5 9Chiesa6.3 10Retegui6.8 11Zaccagni6.4

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

1Verbruggen7.0 2Dumfries7.5 3Van Dijk7.9 4De Vrij6.7 5Aké7.5 6Schouten6.5 7F. de Jong6.8 8Reijnders6.4 9Simons7.4 10Depay6.6 11Gakpo7.1

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