Match Report
9 points for Spain (1st), 4 for Italy (2nd): a 5-point gap. Italy's recent output lagged their position: 9th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.67/0 for Spain and 1/1 for Italy (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.13.
Spain entered with three wins in a row. Italy carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Spain, 1 draw and 1 for Italy, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
The venue was Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, with room for 62,271 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.