Italy – Netherlands 3–2

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

Match report

Italy beat Netherlands 3–2 at Italy Stadium in World Cup 2026. Frattesi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Italy have 3 wins in their last 5, while Netherlands have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Frattesiassist Retegui

8'

Frattesi

44'

2H

⚽Barellaassist Barella

46'

57'

⚽F. de Jongassist F. de Jong

61'

De Vrij

⚽Retegui

69'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Zaccagni

74'

⇄Bianchi↓ Gakpo

80'

⚽Depay

⇄Rossi↓ Retegui

83'

⇄Keller↓ Depay

Momentum

IT

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

NL

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 20, 2022 · 17:00

VenueItaly Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance54,999 / 65,475 (84%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#17·

#6

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

Dumfries

7.9

Lineups

IT 4-3-36.98Formation7.154-3-3 NL

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

1Donnarumma7.7 2Di Lorenzo7.2 3Bastoni6.4 4Calafiori6.9 5Dimarco6.4 6Tonali6.6 7Barella7.7 8Frattesi6.4 9Chiesa7.0 10Retegui6.7 11Zaccagni7.8

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

1Verbruggen7.7 2Dumfries7.9 3Van Dijk7.3 4De Vrij6.5 5Aké7.8 6Schouten6.8 7F. de Jong7.2 8Reijnders7.5 9Simons6.3 10Depay7.2 11Gakpo6.4

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