Italy vs Uruguay Friendly International Game Preview

Although they are playing at the neutral location, at Stade Municipal du Ray in Nice, the Italian national team will have more support because Nice is close to Italy, and there is no doubt that many fans are going to take a quick trip to France to see the Derby of tonight's friendly international games.

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The Italians are in excellent shape, and they didn't suffer a loss in the previous 8 encounters. They are heading into this match with 3 straight victories in which they scored 12 goals and allowed only one. In 4 out of the last 5 games, they kept clean sheets, and this pretty much tells you everything about their defense. The Italians are in group G or the World Cup qualifiers, and they are leveled in the first place with Spain with 13 points in five games, but they will have to play with their biggest opponents at their court. This game will be one of the perfect preparation for that clash, scheduled for September of this year.

Possible lineups: Donnarumma, Conti, Bonucci, Cheillini, Darmian, De Rossi, Verratti, Candreva, Bernadeschi,El Shaarawy, Belotti

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The South American national lost in the last game, against Republic of Ireland, 3-1 and this is the 4th straight defeat for 2-time World Champions. Before this negative run, they had 4 games without any losses.

The defensive part of the team is awful, and they conceded at least once in the last 6 games and at least 3 times in three out of 4 games, during the most recent cold streak. 8 last fixtures ended with 3 or more goals, and both teams scored in the last six consecutive events they participated. Currently, thy are sitting at the third place in South American World Cup qualifications, but it is only three points from the sixth place and the catastrophe of being absent from the World Cup.

Possible lineups: Muslera, Pereira, Godin, Gimenez, G. Silva, Sanchez, Gonzalez, Vecino, Rodriguez, Cavani, Suarez

Head to head

This will be the 10th head to head encounter in the history of these two football federations. So far they have an even record with 3 wins 3 drawers and 3 defeats for each team.

The last meeting was seen at World Cup three years ago, and Uruguay beat the Italians with a late goal by Diego Godin.

Prediction

When Uruguay plays, it is a perfect opportunity for everyone to play on goals and to earn money, especially because Edinson Cavani is returning to the starting line-up. Meanwhile, the Italians prefer a much more tactical game with a moderate number of goals, but we think that today's event will end with over 2.5 goals. We also believe that the Italians are going to win because the South Americans are in poor shape.

Goals: Over 2.5

Final Outcome: Italy Wins