Greece vs Italy — World Cup 2026

FILE No. M-590CLASS: MATCHSTATUS: FRIENDLYInternational Friendlies

Greece

0–1

Italy

Match events

K. KoulierakisOn: L. Rota46'
G. KyriakopoulosOn: K. Tsimikas62'
N. TriantisOn: A. Androutsos62'
G. MasourasOn: A. Kyziridis62'
G. VagiannidisOn: A. Tetteh76'
C. MouzakitisOn: C. Zafeiris76'
C. TzolisOn: V. Pavlidis88'
A. DouvikasOn: C. Kostoulas88'

0–118'F. Espositoassist J. Ekhator
38'L. Lipani
44'H. Ahanor
46'J. EkhatorOn: S. Fini
46'H. AhanorOn: F. Mane
55'P. ComuzzoOn: L. Reggiani
68'L. Reggiani
74'S. FiniOn: C. Favasuli
74'L. LipaniOn: M. Dagasso
82'C. Favasuli
87'F. EspositoOn: F. Camarda
88'L. KoleoshoOn: G. Faticanti

GREMatch statsITA

58%Possession42%

12Shots10

1Shots on Target3

2Corners3

12Fouls13

0Yellow Cards3

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0Red cards1

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All-time meetings

Greece wins

Draws

Italy wins

Greece — starting XI

3-4-2-1

Bench

15Lazaros Rota
21Kostas Tsimikas
24Athanasios Androutsos
26Alexandros Kyziridis
20Christos Zafeiris
16Andreas Tetteh
11Charalampos Kostoulas
14Vangelis Pavlidis
12Konstantinos Tzolakis
13Christos Mandas
4Konstantinos Mavropanos
6Dimitris Kourbelis
18Sotiris Kontouris
25Andreas Ndoj

Italy — starting XI

3-4-2-1

Bench

6Filippo Mané
17Seydou Fini
13Luca Reggiani
20Matteo Dagasso
22Costantino Favasuli
8Francesco Camarda
16Giacomo Faticanti
12Giovanni Daffara
23Lorenzo Palmisani
2Niccolò Fortini
7Alessio Cacciamani
14Tommaso Berti
19Samuele Inacio

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FIFA Rank

#12

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17Greece

24DRAW

59Italy

Greece17%

━ DRAW24%

Italy59%

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0–0

Mar 27

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Nov 18

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Italy

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Jun 3

at Luxembourg

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Mar 31

at Bosnia & Herzegovina

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1–1

Mar 26

vs Northern Ireland

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2–0

Nov 16

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1–4

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Greece vs Italy — World Cup 2026

Greece — starting XI

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