Italy v Israel Best Bet Preview

Monday 8 September, 20252 min read

Ramis Ibrahim

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Italy welcome Israel, with Gattuso’s side needing all three points as they look to hunt down Norway at the summit of the group - who have won all six of their matches in qualifying.

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Italy v Israel Best Bet

Fixtures for: Tuesday 14th October

Italy v Israel

World Cup Qualifying

19:45

Over 2.5 Goals

Italy have recently changed their manager, with Luciano Spalletti being replaced by Italian legend Gattuso. This change has inspired more goals from Italy, with 3+ goals landing in all three of his matches in charge so far. These results include a 5-0 battering of Estonia, which was supplemented by a 3-1 win against the same opposition on the road, with their 5-4 win over Tuesday's opponents, Israel, sandwiched in between.

Israel’s qualifying games have also produced plenty of goals, with over 2.5 goals landing in each of their last three. They’ve seen 31 goals in total across their six matches (5.16 per game), with only Moldova conceding more goals (25) in the group that Israel (16).

Israel may be able to contribute to the goal tally here, they’ve won two of their three away games in qualifying so far, with these games producing 13 goals (4.33 per game).

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📈 Italy v Israel Form & Stats

Italy look to be more willing to be on the front foot under Gattuso, judging by his opening few games in charge of the national side. It was too stale too often under Spalletti, but Gattuso has encouraged a bolder style of play.

This could end up costing Italy in games against more established nations, but in games like this it is the correct approach to ensure that they pick up maximum points. They showed in their most recent game against Israel that they can outscore these types of opposition without too many issues - Israel have conceded 16 goals across their six qualifying matches (2.6 per game).

Israel’s advantage here is that they have won two of their three away matches in qualifying so far, and have scored 15 goals across their six matches. This, at the very least, cements them as a goal threat in this game.