Italy Starting Lineup vs England

Italy are aiming to continue their rich form in International Arena with Antonio Conte as England visit.

Andrea Pirlo of Italy

In the last six meetings between the sides, Italy have won five games while England have managed just one victory. The last meeting between these sides was in World Cup group stage match and Italy won by 2-1. Claudio Marchisio’s opener was levelled by Daniel Sturrdige but Mario Balotelli beat Joe Hart to score the winner in the 50th minute of the match.

Mattia Perin is out injured and Gianluigi Buffon is also ruled out because of a minor ankle injury. Salvatore Sirigu is expected to make the start. Claudio Marchisio is ruled out for the rest of the season after picking an injury while training with National team. Manuel Pasqual is also injured so Darmian will be forced to start on the left midfield.

Starting XI:

Salvatore Sirigu
Andrea Barzagli – Leonardo Bonucci – Giorgio Chiellini
Antonio Candreva – Marco Veratti – Marco Parolo – Matteo Darmian
Franco Vazquez
Eder – Ciro Immobile