Who Will Win?
On Saturday 3rd February, Italy will take on England at the Stadio Olimpico during the opening round of the Six Nations.
England will enter this clash with the Azzurri as the overwhelming favourites. This is because, at the 2023 Six Nations, England claimed a 31-14 bonus-point victory over Italy. Then, at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Steve Borthwick’s men finished third, while Italy were eliminated during the pool stage.
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Head-to-Head
England have won all of the last five meetings between the two teams (and all 30 meetings between the two sides in history). During the last five matches, they’ve averaged 35 points per game, while Italy have only averaged seven.
History tells us that the first try in Italy vs England games can be important. This is because the team that has scored the first try has won the fixture 60% of the time!
Team Form
England enter this game in fine form. Little was expected of England prior to the Rugby World Cup, but Steve Borthwick’s men performed valiantly and pushed South Africa to the edge of elimination in the semi-final. Although England ultimately suffered defeat in this game, they did rebound and claim victory in the Bronze Final a week later.
Meanwhile, Italy suffered yet another disappointing Rugby World Cup. Although few expected the Azzurri to get out of a pool containing both France and New Zealand, Italy did suffer two bruising defeats against these teams, falling 60-7 to France and 96-17 against New Zealand.
Below our team form guide, you can see in-depth stats about how the two sides have performed in their last five games, including stats about the number of tries they’ve scored, their overall points difference and the number of times they’ve scored the first try. We’ve also detailed how often each team has scored the first points in a game and how often they’ve won the race to 10 points.
Player Head-to-Head
Crucial Six Nations matches like Italy vs England are often decided by moments of brilliance. As a result, individual matchups will likely be hugely important when it comes to deciding this game.
With this in mind, here’s how Tommaso Allan and Owen Farrell have performed in recent Italy vs England clashes. Could either of these players produce a stunning performance that decides the game for their country?
Other Fixtures
The upcoming Italy vs England fixture is one of the highlights of the rugby calendar. But, before kick off, it’s also worth taking a look at all of the other exciting rugby fixtures we have coming up in the next couple of weeks, including Six Nations clashes featuring the likes of Ireland, France, Scotland and Wales.
Other Fixtures
The upcoming Italy vs England fixture is one of the highlights of the rugby calendar. But, before kick off, it’s also worth taking a look at all of the other exciting rugby fixtures we have coming up in the next couple of weeks, including Six Nations clashes featuring the likes of Ireland, France, Scotland and Wales.
Live Updates
Paolo Garbisi converts the try.
Brilliant skill shown there by Monty Ioane as they go over the white wash for a try.
Michele Lamaro (Italy) is shown a yellow card
Elliot Daly (England) is shown a yellow card
The England supporters go wild as George Ford successfully kicks the penalty goal.
George Ford does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
George Ford adds the two points for England.
Nobody was going to stop Alex Mitchell from scoring that try!
George Ford has kicked a penalty goal.
The England supporters go wild as George Ford successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Tommaso Allan makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Silky skills by Italy ends with a try for Tommaso Allan.
A wonderful passing move by England is finished off by Elliot Daly
George Ford does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Tommaso Allan converts the try.
A series of passes by Italy results in a try for Alessandro Garbisi
Tommaso Allan has kicked a penalty goal.