Matchday

World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026 · 13 Nov 2025

Moldova 0–2 Italy

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Oct 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.1 – 3.4
Actual xG
–
Goals
0 – 2

Footybot made Italy favourites at 80%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Mattia Zaccagni, 78.8 in 82′.

Well above their usual level: Mattia Zaccagni +25.6, Gianluca Mancini +21.7, Andrea Cambiaso +21.4.

Well below it: Sandro Tonali −21.8.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Moldova

14 Oct 2025D 1–1at Estonia World Cup Qualification UEFA
9 Sep 2025L 1–11at Norway World Cup Qualification UEFA
5 Sep 2025L 0–4v Israel World Cup Qualification UEFA

Italy

14 Oct 2025W 3–0v Israel World Cup Qualification UEFA
11 Oct 2025W 3–1at Estonia World Cup Qualification UEFA
8 Sep 2025W 5–4at Israel World Cup Qualification UEFA
5 Sep 2025W 5–0v Estonia World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Moldova

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ioan-Calin Revenco Defender9000–59.1–
Virgiliu Postolachi Forward5500–53.5−5.8
Oleg Reabciuk Defender5500–52.5+5.8
Artur Ioniță Midfielder9000–50.1–
Ion Nicolaescu Forward7500–50.0–
Victor Bogaciuc Midfielder2900–49.3–
Vadim Rață Midfielder7500–45.8−3.1
Ștefan Bîtca Midfielder3500–42.3–
Sergiu Perciun Midfielder6100–38.3–
Ştefan Bodişteanu Midfielder1500–33.4–
Vladimir Fratea Midfielder1500–18.0–

Italy

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Federico Dimarco Midfielder1501–100.0–
Matteo Politano Midfielder1501–100.0–
Mattia Zaccagni Forward8200–78.8+25.6
Andrea Cambiaso Midfielder7500–77.5+21.4
Gianluca Mancini Defender9010–75.8+21.7
Riccardo Orsolini Midfielder7500–71.1+17.3
Bryan Cristante Midfielder9000–59.1+9.6
Giacomo Raspadori Forward6500–58.7+5.2
Alessandro Buongiorno Defender9000–56.9+7.6
Raoul Bellanova Midfielder9000–55.4+1.3
Guglielmo Vicario Goalkeeper9000–52.0+0.3
Gianluca Scamacca Forward6500–51.4+1.0
Francesco Pio Esposito Forward2510–49.8–
Mateo Retegui Forward2500–40.6–
Sandro Tonali Midfielder9000–40.5−21.8
Davide Frattesi Midfielder800–16.6–