FT: ITALY 2 - 1 AUSTRIA. AET

[Michael Morris]

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Austria's last win against Italy was in a friendly in 1960. The Azzurri are unbeaten in the subsequent 13 meetings, winning 10 of those matches.
• The sides have never met before at a European Championship finals, but all four encounters at the World Cup saw Italy win by a single-goal margin.
• The last meeting was a friendly in August 2008 which ended in a 2-2 draw.

Italy

• Italy's 30-game unbeaten run (W25, D5) has equalled an 82-year-old national record.
• The Azzurri are vying to win a 12th consecutive match, which would be a new record.
• Roberto Mancini's side have won their last 11 matches, scoring 32 goals without reply.
• They have gone 17 hours and 35 minutes without conceding a goal, since Donny van de Beek scored for the Netherlands in a 1-1 draw in the Nations League in October.
• Italy have won all three group games for the fourth time at a major tournament, having previously done so at the 1978 and 1990 World Cups and at Euro 2000.
• The Azzurri have only lost one of their six games (W2, D3) at Wembley (all against England), with their solitary defeat coming in a World Cup qualifier in 1977.

Austria

• This is Austria's first appearance in the knockout stage of the European Championship and their first at any major tournament since the 1954 World Cup, when they reached the semi-finals.
• They won two of their three group stage games, having failed to win any in 2008 and 2016.
• Austria have lost four of their six games in London in all competitions, with this their first visit to the capital since losing 7-0 to England in a friendly at Wembley in 1973.
• David Alaba created nine chances in the group stage, at least four more than any other Austrian.

[BLUETIT]

Typical premier ref, lost control already

[Trigger]

Italians too busy falling over. Austria 1 nil.

[Trigger]

Or not

[Dave Blue]

Italians not so hot outside Rome.

[Michael Morris]

1 - 0 Italy

[Michael Morris]

2 - 0 Italy

[Michael Morris]

2 - 1

6 mins to play.