Bosnia & Herzegovina vs. Italy – Prediction (EURO Qualification – 15.11.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Bosnia and Herzegovina have suffered four losses in their last six European Championship qualification (ECQ) matches, conceding at least twice in each of those defeats. Late collapses are a theme, as Bosnia have kept six first-half cleansheets in this qualification campaign, but half (seven) of their 14 goals against have been conceded within the last 15 minutes of play. Amer Gojak has been Bosnia’s last goalscorer in each of the three ECQ matches where he has scored this campaign. In isolation, the hosts’ home form comes as a complete contrast though, with an unbeaten run of nine home ECQ matches (W6, D3) preceding this one. Furthermore, the hosts have kept three clean sheets during this run, while conceding more than one goal just once.

Stats: Five of Bosnia’s 17 ECQ goals have been scored in the final 15 minutes of play. Eight of Italy’s last nine ECQ away goals have been scored in the second half. More specifically yet, five of their last six ECQ away goals have come in the 70th minute or later. Both of the preceding two H2Hs have ended with a 2-1 scoreline.

Italy travel after a national record-equalling ninth consecutive win. The ‘Azzurri’ have kept six clean sheets during this run, although they conceded first in two of the remaining three fixtures. Their recent form in ECQ fixtures is even more pristine, with 12 straight wins helping them remain unbeaten since September 2006 (W32, D6). Andrea Belotti has scored each of his three ECQ goals this campaign in the first or last 30 minutes of play. Defensively sound, Italy have kept six first-half clean sheets this ECQ campaign. Meanwhile, down in the final third, Italy have scored at least twice in each of their last ten ECQ fixtures, and exactly twice in half.

Match Info and Live Scores.