Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland · World Cup Qualification UEFA
Italy beat Northern Ireland 2-0 in the World Cup Qualification UEFA. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Italy and Northern Ireland met in the World Cup Qualification UEFA at New Balance Arena in Bergamo on Thursday, 26 March 2026.
Goalscorers
Italy: S. Tonali 56'; M. Kean 80'. Northern Ireland did not score.
How the match went
Italy saw more of the ball, 63% of it. Italy had 19 shots with 8 on target, Northern Ireland 8 with 1 on target. There were 15 corners in total, 12 to Italy and 3 to Northern Ireland. Italy conceded 11 fouls, Northern Ireland 8. The referee showed 1 yellow card (1 for Italy, 0 for Northern Ireland).
Line-ups
Italy started in a 3-5-2: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Gianluca Mancini, Alessandro Bastoni, Riccardo Calafiori, Matteo Politano, Nicolò Barella, Manuel Locatelli, Sandro Tonali, Federico Dimarco, Moise Kean, Mateo Retegui.
Northern Ireland started in a 5-4-1: Pierce Charles, Terry Devlin, Trai Hume, Paddy McNair, Ruairi McConville, Brodie Spencer, Justin Devenny, Shea Charles, Ethan Galbraith, Isaac Price, Jamie Donley.
More from this competition: World Cup Qualification UEFA fixtures, results and table.