Italy 0-2 Belgium · UEFA Nations League
Italy lost to Belgium 0-2 in the UEFA Nations League. Goals: M. Godts 20', D. Lukebakio 69'. Expected goals (xG): Italy 1.7, Belgium 2.2. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Italy and Belgium met in the UEFA Nations League at Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Friday, 25 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Italy did not score. Belgium: M. Godts 20'; D. Lukebakio 69'.
How the match went
Italy saw more of the ball, 56% of it. Italy had 21 shots with 6 on target, Belgium 19 with 8 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 4 to Italy and 8 to Belgium. Italy conceded 12 fouls, Belgium 11. The referee showed 8 yellow cards (3 for Italy, 5 for Belgium).
Line-ups
Italy started in a 4-3-3: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Gianluca Mancini, Diego Coppola, Riccardo Calafiori, Nicolò Barella, Alessandro Romano, Sandro Tonali, Moise Kean, Francesco Pio Esposito, Nicolò Cambiaghi.
Belgium started in a 4-2-3-1: Senne Lammens, Timothy Castagne, Nathan Ngoy, Brandon Mechele, Maxim De Cuyper, Nicolas Raskin, Youri Tielemans, Diego Moreira, Kevin De Bruyne, Mika Godts, Charles De Ketelaere.
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Minute by minute
- 20'Goal! Italy 0-1 Belgium. M. Godts (Belgium) scores, assisted by K. De Bruyne.
- 45'Half-time. Italy 0-1 Belgium.
- 69'Goal! Italy 0-2 Belgium. D. Lukebakio (Belgium) scores, assisted by C. De Ketelaere.
- 90'Full-time. Italy 0-2 Belgium.
Full commentary (77 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Italy vs Belgium.
- 7'Attempt saved. C. De Ketelaere (Belgium), left-footed shot. xG 0.24.
- 9'Offside, Italy.
- 11'Attempt blocked. Y. Tielemans (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 13'Attempt blocked. K. De Bruyne (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 13'Corner, Belgium.
- 15'Corner, Belgium.
- 18'Attempt saved. M. Kean (Italy), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 20'Goal! Italy 0-1 Belgium. M. Godts (Belgium) scores, assisted by K. De Bruyne.
- 23'Attempt saved. N. Raskin (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.43.
- 23'Attempt saved. C. De Ketelaere (Belgium), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 24'Attempt missed. N. Raskin (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 25'Yellow card for N. Raskin (Belgium).
- 27'Attempt missed. D. Moreira (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.65.
- 28'Corner, Belgium.
- 28'Attempt saved. M. Godts (Belgium), header. xG 0.29.
- 29'Yellow card for D. Moreira (Belgium) for time wasting.
- 29'Attempt blocked. T. Castagne (Belgium), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 29'Attempt missed. Y. Tielemans (Belgium), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 30'Corner, Belgium.
- 31'Attempt missed. M. De Cuyper (Belgium), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 35'Corner, Italy.
- 35'Attempt blocked. A. Romano (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 36'Attempt missed. M. Kean (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 41'Attempt missed. A. Romano (Italy), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 41'Attempt saved. N. Cambiaghi (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 42'Attempt blocked. M. Godts (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 42'Corner, Belgium.
- 43'Corner, Belgium.
- 44'Corner, Belgium.
- 44'Attempt missed. N. Ngoy (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45+1'Corner, Belgium.
- 45'Half-time. Italy 0-1 Belgium.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 47'Attempt missed. F. P. Esposito (Italy), header. xG 0.03.
- 47'Attempt saved. M. Kean (Italy), left-footed shot. xG 0.17.
- 49'Attempt saved. F. P. Esposito (Italy), header. xG 0.09.
- 50'Attempt blocked. G. Mancini (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 51'Attempt saved. K. De Bruyne (Belgium), header. xG 0.04.
- 53'Attempt blocked. S. Tonali (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 53'Attempt blocked. G. Di Lorenzo (Italy), left-footed shot. xG 0.24.
- 53'Attempt saved. F. P. Esposito (Italy), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 54'Attempt blocked. D. Moreira (Belgium), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.14.
- 55'Attempt saved. K. De Bruyne (Belgium), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 56'Corner, Italy.
- 57'Attempt saved. G. Mancini (Italy), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 58'Substitution, Belgium: D. Lukebakio comes on for D. Moreira.
- 58'Substitution, Belgium: H. Vanaken comes on for K. De Bruyne.
- 61'Attempt missed. M. Kean (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 63'Yellow card for G. Mancini (Italy) for foul.
- 65'Substitution, Italy: D. Frattesi comes on for A. Romano.
- 65'Substitution, Italy: D. Maldini comes on for F. P. Esposito.
- 65'Substitution, Italy: G. Scalvini comes on for D. Coppola.
- 67'Attempt missed. N. Barella (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 67'Attempt missed. M. Kean (Italy), header. xG 0.16.
- 69'Goal! Italy 0-2 Belgium. D. Lukebakio (Belgium) scores, assisted by C. De Ketelaere.
- 74'Substitution, Belgium: R. Lavia comes on for N. Raskin.
- 80'Yellow card for R. Lavia (Belgium) for foul.
- 80'Substitution, Italy: M. A. Zoma comes on for N. Cambiaghi.
- 80'Substitution, Italy: I. Doumbia comes on for N. Barella.
- 82'Corner, Italy.
- 83'Substitution, Belgium: M. Fernández-Pardo comes on for M. Godts.
- 83'Attempt missed. R. Calafiori (Italy), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
- 83'Attempt missed. D. Frattesi (Italy), header from a corner. xG 0.09.
- 84'Substitution, Belgium: R. Lukaku comes on for C. De Ketelaere.
- 87'Corner, Italy.
- 87'Off the woodwork! G. Scalvini (Italy), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.16.
- 87'Attempt blocked. S. Tonali (Italy), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
- 89'Yellow card for M. Fernández-Pardo (Belgium) for foul.
- 90'Attempt missed. R. Calafiori (Italy), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.06.
- 90'3 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Yellow card for D. Maldini (Italy) for foul.
- 90+3'Attempt blocked. H. Vanaken (Belgium), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.08.
- 90+4'Yellow card for R. Lukaku (Belgium) for argument.
- 90+4'Yellow card for G. Donnarumma (Italy) for argument.
- 90'Full-time. Italy 0-2 Belgium.