Match Report
Italy (1st, 11 pts) visited Netherlands (1st, 16 pts) with 5 points between them. Italy's recent output lagged their position: 7th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Netherlands 2.33 scored and 1 conceded per game, Italy 1.33 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.31.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 1 for Netherlands, 2 for Italy and 4 drawn, at 1.71 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture. Only 29% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at De Grolsch Veste in Enschede (capacity 30,205). Italy led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-3 full-time score.




