Italy U-21 VS Germany U-21 Match Prediction

These sides met recently in a friendly, and that match ended 2-2.  They also played at the 2009 edition of this tournament, and Germany won 0-1 in the semi-final.

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Italy U21 vs Germany U21 Betting Tips and Odds

Bovada have the following odds available for this match:

Italy are at +240 to win, a draw is at +235, and a Germany win is at even for this match.

Reason:

Germany are favorites because they have won both of their matches so far in quite impressive style, and because Italy had a pretty below average to possibly pedestrian outing on Wednesday.  So they will be big favorites to win here.

Italy U21 vs Germany U21 Prediction

Germany make it nine points from nine matches with their third consecutive win of the group stage.

Correct Score Prediction: Italy 1-3 Germany

Team News

Luigi Di Biagio has four players sitting on yellow cards: Conti, Cataldi, Berardi, and Cerri.  Each will have to play with a bit of caution during this match.

Key Man

Sassuolo winger Domenico Berardi came up with a scrappy but important-looking goal for the Italians against the Czechs on Wednesday, but it wasn't enough to help them earn a point or all three in the end.  But once again, his play is needed in a must-win game.  The 22 year old has all of the tools to be an impact player at the senior level and for much bigger clubs, and he has a chance to prove that in this match on Saturday.

Team Form

Italy began their tournament with a good 2-0 win over Denmark.  They then went down 3-1 to the Czech Republic on Wednesday after looking like they had clawed their way back into the match with 20 minutes left.

Italy U21 Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-3-3

Team News

Horst Hrubesch will have full squad available to him as his side look to knock Italy out of the tournament, but will have some worries as Jung, Stark, and Toljan are on yellow cards.

Key Man

RB Leipzig striker Davie Selke scored one of the goals of the tournament on Wednesday when he received the ball at the 18 yard box and curled it into the far post.  His finish might have been goal of the tournament another year, but we've already seen other quality strikes. Nonetheless, he made his name known to those that hadn't previously be paying attention to him.  That's saying a lot, and that could very well continue when he side meets a good Italian side with a very tough goalkeeper in net.

Team Form

Germany began Group C action with a relatively simple 2-0 win over a very good Czech Republic side.  They then faced Denmark on Wednesday, and they dominated in a 3-0 to put them in a very commanding position atop the group.

Germany U21 Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-2-3-1

Germany know that they are very close to winning this group, and they will be out for three points in this match. A draw, however, would be enough to see them through to the knockout stages, and a potentially gargantuan match up with Spain. One of the things that could stop them, though, is an Italian win. The tiebreaker in the group for points is the win in the head to head advantage. So Italy could win the group by beating Germany and then seeing Denmark get something off of the Czechs. But after their performance against the Czechs, the Germans have got to be pretty big favorites to get on over on their rivals and advance to the semi-finals with a nearly flawless record.

Germany only need a point to ensure they win the group and make it to the semi-finals.