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MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Italy
Austria
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.
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