Italy vs Bulgaria: what to expect from the European champion?

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World Cup Qualification UEFA 1st Round Grp. C

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2 September 14:45 UTC

The reigning champion of Europe will host Bulgaria in Florence. Italy have always beaten Bulgaria at home, but will they win on September 2? We made predictions for this game which you can find below.

Italy vs Bulgaria Prediction and Betting Tips (03.09.2021)

Command Analysis

Italy

Italy are on a 34-game unbeaten streak, which is close to the world record. Roberto Mancini's charges are the reigning champions of Europe: in the dramatic final game of Euro 2020 in July, Squadra Azzurra defeated England on penalties.

After three rounds of the 2022 World Cup qualification, Italy are leading the group and are ahead of their closest competitors by three points, but Italy have played an extra game. In the last round, Squadra Azzurra defeated Lithuania (2:0), and before that, they won over Bulgaria in Sofia (2:0).

Bulgaria

Bulgaria scored only one point in three games of the qualification and occupy the penultimate place in the group, hovering above Lithuania. Moreover, Lithuania have a game in hand and can overtake Yasen Petrov's team. Bulgaria are on a winless streak of eight games. In the previous fixture, they scored a goalless draw with Northern Ireland (0:0).

In June, Bulgaria played several friendly games. They drew with Slovakia (1:1) and suffered two defeats: from Russia (0:1) and France (0:3).

Trends

СтавкаCorrect score 4:0

In the previous 10 games of Italy, this result was recorded twice.

6.55

СтавкаItaly to score in 2nd half

Italy scored 5 second-half goals in the last 7 games.

1.19

Ставка2nd half: total over 1.5 goals

This bet played in 4 out of 7 previous games of the Italian national team.

1.75

Tip and bets

1.9Handicap (-2,5) to Italy

Italy are in great shape. This is pretty much the same team that won the European Championship earlier this year. Not only Italy can secure first place in the group, but they can beat the world record of the longest unbeaten streak. Squadra Azzurra will put pressure on Bulgaria straight away, and this will lead to the visitors' mistakes. Bulgaria can rival Italy neither in attack nor in defense, and they will probably get crushed by the European champion.

Our prediction - Asian handicap (-2.5) to Italy.

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1.79Total over 3 goals

Bulgaria scored two goals in the last six games and have serious problems with creativity in attack. We predict that Italy will score all of the goals in this fixture, but they alone can overcome the total.

Second wager - total over 3 goals.

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