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. Retegui 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

⚽Retegui

12'

23'

⚽Depay

28'

De Vrij

⚽Frattesiassist Retegui

35'

2H

⚽Barellaassist Barella

73'

⇄Petrov↓ Zaccagni

73'

⇄Silva↓ Gakpo

Frattesi

77'

⇄Walsh↓ Retegui

82'

⇄García↓ Depay

84'

⚽F. de Jongassist F. de Jong

Momentum

IT

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

NL

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 9, 2022 · 20:00

VenueItaly Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance51,725 / 65,475 (79%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

FIFA ranking

#14·

#3

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

Reijnders

7.8

Lineups

IT 4-3-36.85Formation7.004-3-3 NL

Italy

Coach: G. Gattuso · 4-3-3

1Donnarumma6.3 2Di Lorenzo7.5 3Bastoni6.8 4Calafiori7.3 5Dimarco6.8 6Tonali6.9 7Barella6.3 8Frattesi6.7 9Chiesa7.3 10Retegui7.0 11Zaccagni6.4

Netherlands

Coach: R. Koeman · 4-3-3

1Verbruggen6.3 2Dumfries6.5 3Van Dijk7.6 4De Vrij6.8 5Aké6.4 6Schouten7.2 7F. de Jong7.6 8Reijnders7.8 9Simons6.6 10Depay7.5 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