Netherlands – Italy 2–1

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

Match report

Netherlands beat Italy 2–1 at Netherlands Stadium in World Cup 2026. Barella opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Netherlands have 3 wins in their last 5, while Italy have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

10'

⚽Barellaassist Bastoni

⚽Depay

22'

2H

De Vrij

51'

⇄Vidić↓ Depay

64'

⇄Walsh↓ Retegui

68'

Zaccagni

⚽F. de Jongassist Van Dijk

83'

⇄Dubois↓ Gakpo

83'

⇄Petrov↓ Zaccagni

F. de Jong

85'

Momentum

NL

⚽⚽⚽

IT

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 13, 2025 · 18:00

VenueNetherlands Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance36,541 / 46,848 (78%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#18·

#7

Where to watch

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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

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Verbruggen

7.9

Lineups

NL 4-3-37.11Formation7.054-3-3 IT

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

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

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

1Donnarumma6.3 2Di Lorenzo7.6 3Bastoni7.0 4Calafiori6.4 5Dimarco7.0 6Tonali7.3 7Barella6.7 8Frattesi7.3 9Chiesa7.1 10Retegui7.6 11Zaccagni7.2

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