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Norway Women vs Italy Women predictions: Assured Azzurre can advance

Andrea Soncin
Andrea Soncin

- Italy Women are unbeaten in their last three matches against Norway Women

- Norway Women have kept just one clean sheet in their last seven fixtures

- Recommended bet: Italy Women to win

Norway advanced from Group A with a 100% record and are preparing for their first Euro Women's quarter-final since 2013.

However, Gemma Grainger's side have shown vulnerability, including the concession of two late goals in their 4-3 success over Iceland.

Progress through the group phase was always likely to be trickier for Italy, who were housed in the same section as world champions Spain.

But Andrea Soncin's side did the hard graft early on by taking four points from matches against Belgium (1-0) and Portugal (1-1).

And they held onto second place in Group B despite losing 3-1 to Spain in their third game.

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Team news

Defender Marit Lund misses out for Norway as a consequence of her red card towards the end of last Thursday's 4-3 victory over Iceland.

Changes are expected, including probable recalls for Thea Bjelde, Ingrid Engen, Guro Reiten, Caroline Graham Hansen and Ada Hegerberg, who were given a breather last time out.

Italy head coach Soncin is expected to shuffle the pack and could restore striker Cristiana Girelli, who has netted in each of her last three starts at international level.

The stats

Italy Women started the scoring in each of their last four matches.

Italy Women have scored in 12 of their last 13 fixtures.

Both teams have scored in each of the last three matches involving Norway Women.

Four of the last six matches between the teams generated at least three goals.

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Prediction

Italy were victorious in just one of their Group B matches but they performed to a decent standard on each occasion and are ready to deliver a knockout blow to Norway at Stade de Geneve.

Le Azzurre should be well prepared for the knockout rounds after giving such an excellent account of themselves in their 3-1 loss to Spain.

They carved out some good chances against La Roja and were in with a chance right up until the match-clinching injury-time goal from Esther Gonzalez.

Norway gathered five more points than Italy in the group rounds, but were far from fully convincing.

The Scandinavians lost the shot count during each of their 2-1 wins over Switzerland and Finland and their fortune may run out against Italy, who are unbeaten in the last three meetings between the teams.

Back Italy Women to win at 13/10 with LiveScore Bet

The latest Norway Women vs Italy Women odds are available on LiveScore Bet

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