Italy vs North Macedonia: World Cup 2022 Qualifiers UEFA Live| Kick off time, Live Streaming, When and where to watch Italy vs North Macedonia Live score, Teams, Prediction, Online Channel

Italy vs North Macedonia: Italy faces North Macedonia in the World Cup Qualifier semi-final clash on Thursday, as they look to keep their hopes alive.

Match Details:

Teams: Italy vs North Macedonia

Venue: Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy

Date: Friday 25^th March, 2022

Time: 01:15 AM IST

Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/

Preview

Italy come into this after a 0-0 draw against Northern Ireland in their previous World Cup Qualifier clash in November.

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This point ensured a 2^nd place finish for Italy in their group, leaving them to take the Play-off route to the World Cup.

The Azzurri side will need to overcome this one after which they face the winner of Portugal/Turkey to decide whether they book their tickets to Qatar or not.

On the other hand, North Macedonia beat Iceland 3-1 at home in their last group stage WC Qualifier clash in November, which helped seal 2^nd place.

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Elmas led the way for the hosts with a brace after Alioski broke the deadlock. For the visitors, Thorsteinsson found the net.

This win helped Macedonia reach the play-off round as they have a potential 2 matches to ensure a berth in the World Cup 2022.

Both sides last met in a World Cup Qualifier match in 2017, where it finished 1-1.

Form Guide

Italy: DDWLW

North Macedonia: WWLWD

Last Matches of both teams:

Northern Ireland 0-0 Italy

North Macedonia 3-1 Iceland

Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Italy vs North Macedonia in India?

The match can be live streamed on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 1.

Team News

Di Lorenzo is ruled out for the hosts due to injury while Locatelli is in isolation after contracting Covid. Chiesa’s long-term injury keeps him out of these matches as well.

North Macedonia has a fresh squad ahead of this one and look to pull off an upset.

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— Italy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Azzurri_En) March 22, 2022

Italy possible 11:  

Donnarumma, Florenzi, Mancini, Bastoni, Emerson, Barella, Jorginho, Verratti, Berardi, Immobile and Insigne

North Macedonia possible 11:

Dimitrievski, Alioski, Musliu, Velkowski, Ristovski, Bardhi, Ademi, Nikolov, Ristovski, Churlinov and Trajkovski

Prediction: Italy 2-0 North Macedonia

Despite the players missing for the Azzurri, we expect them to get up and running with a win in this one.

The experience in this Euro 2020 winning squad alongside the skill is what helps Italy prevail.

Players to watch out for: Verratti, Insigne, Trajkovski and Alioski.