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Italy vs Türkiye: match report

Italy hosted Türkiye at Renato Dall'Ara on Monday 5 October 2026, in the Nations League (round 4). Szymon Marciniak is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

Italy 3-1 Türkiye. Goals: Gianluca Scamacca 26' for Italy; Aral Simsir 61' for Türkiye; Riccardo Calafiori 64' for Italy; Pio Esposito 87' for Italy. Attendance: 30,040.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 26' Goal: Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) 1-0
  • 42' Yellow card: Gianluca Scamacca (Italy)
  • 47' Yellow card: Matteo Ruggeri (Italy)
  • 55' Yellow card: Zeki Çelik (Türkiye)
  • 61' Goal: Aral Simsir (Türkiye) 1-1
  • 64' Goal: Riccardo Calafiori (Italy) 2-1
  • 81' Yellow card: Abdülkerim Bardakçi (Türkiye)
  • 87' Goal: Pio Esposito (Italy) 3-1
Match stats (contains the result)
44.7%Possession55.3%
15Shots14
6Shots on target5
3Corners9
11Fouls9
5Offsides0
4Saves3
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Italy 4-3-3

Coach: Roberto Mancini

  1. 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma GK
  2. 22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF
  3. 23 Gianluca Mancini DEF
  4. 6 Alessandro Bastoni DEF
  5. 3 Matteo Ruggeri DEF
  6. 18 Nicolò Barella MID
  7. 4 Alessandro Romano MID
  8. 15 Issa Doumbia MID
  9. 21 Antonio Vergara MID
  10. 11 Gianluca Scamacca FWD
  11. 17 Daniel Maldini FWD

Bench

  • 2 Michael Kayode DEF
  • 5 Riccardo Calafiori DEF
  • 9 Francesco Pio Esposito FWD
  • 8 Sandro Tonali MID
  • 16 Davide Frattesi MID
  • 13 Guglielmo Vicario GK
  • 12 Marco Carnesecchi GK
  • 19 Giorgio Scalvini DEF
  • 10 Nicolò Fagioli MID
  • 14 Samuele Inácio MID
  • 7 Nicolò Cambiaghi FWD
  • 20 Sebastiano Esposito FWD

Türkiye 3-4-2-1

Coach: Vincenzo Montella

  1. 1 Uğurcan Çakir GK
  2. 2 Zeki Çelik MID
  3. 15 Ozan Kabak DEF
  4. 14 Abdülkerim Bardakci DEF
  5. 20 Ferdi Kadıoğlu DEF
  6. 5 Salih Özcan MID
  7. 16 Ismail Yüksek MID
  8. 13 Eren Elmalı DEF
  9. 10 İrfan Kahveci FWD
  10. 21 Aral Şimşir MID
  11. 19 Yunus Akgün MID

Bench

  • 6 Bartuğ Elmaz MID
  • 11 İlhan Fakılı FWD
  • 7 Kerem Aktürkoglu FWD
  • 9 Deniz Gül FWD
  • 18 Oğuz Aydın FWD
  • 12 Altay Bayındır GK
  • 23 Muhammed Şengezer GK
  • 4 Emirhan Topçu DEF
  • 3 Merih Demiral DEF
  • 22 Mustafa Eskihellaç DEF
  • 8 Demir Tıknaz MID
  • 17 Melih Kabasakal MID
Previous meetings
  • Monday 28 September 2026: Türkiye 1-4 Italy
  • Tuesday 4 June 2024: Italy 0-0 Türkiye
  • Tuesday 29 March 2022: Türkiye 2-3 Italy
  • Friday 11 June 2021: Türkiye 0-3 Italy
  • Wednesday 15 November 2006: Italy 1-1 Türkiye