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Italy host group leaders France on Nations League matchday five
Italy and France meet in League A, Group 1 on matchday five, with the group's top two sides facing each other. France lead the table on 10 points from four games, while Italy sit second on seven, three points behind. Zinédine Zidane's side arrive having beaten Belgium 4-1 in their most recent outing.
AI-assisted match preview written from official match data.
Roberto Mancini's Italy come off a 3-1 home win over Türkiye on 5 October, their second victory over that opponent in the space of a week after a 4-1 away win on 28 September. Between those results came a 1-1 draw away to France on 2 October, so the two sides have shared a result already this autumn.
France have won three of their last five games, drawn one and lost one, scoring 11 goals and conceding eight. Italy have won two of their last five, drawn two and lost one, with nine scored and six conceded. France have kept two clean sheets in that stretch; Italy have kept none.
Across their last 3 meetings, Italy won 1, France won 1, with 1 draw. The most recent meeting was France 1–1 Italy on 2 October 2026. Italy's latest win in this sample was France 1–3 Italy on 6 September 2024. France's latest win in this sample was Italy 1–3 France on 17 November 2024.
France have won three of their last five and Italy two, though Italy have failed to score in one of theirs and have no clean sheet in the run.
France have won all five of their latest away games, scoring 10 and conceding two, while Italy have won two of their latest four home games.
Italy meet France in the UEFA Nations League (League A - 5). Kick-off is Thursday, 12 November 2026, 19:45 UTC.
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On this page: kickoff time and matchday details for Italy vs France, the head-to-head record and recent form, confirmed lineups about an hour before kick-off — then the live score, goal clips and video highlights once this UEFA Nations League fixture kicks off.
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