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place
- King Baudouin
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referee
- Poor Espen
Where to watch Belgium vs Italy: TV channel, live streaming online
Belgium vs Italy kicks off at 19:45 GMT (14:45 ET / 11:45 PT) on Sunday, November 15 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
The League of Nations The match is live on Amazon Prime Video for £2.49 in the UK, with streaming on the accompanying app. In the US, it’s on Fox, Fubo and ViX.
If you live outside the UK or US, please visit List of UEFA Nations League broadcasters to find out where to watch it in your region.
Belgium vs Italy Nations League preview
After impressive wins in Matchday 5, Belgium and Italy meet in Brussels on Sunday with the prize of a Nations League quarter-final at stake for either country.
Kevin De Bruyne and Charles De Ketelaere scored within four minutes of the first half as Mark van Bommel’s men overturned a deficit to beat Turkiye 2-1 at home.
The Red Devils must win to progress, with their defeats against France ensuring they will finish third regardless of the final round of results if they fail to prevail.
Pio Esposito’s brace came either side of a Davide Frattesi goal as the Azzurri came from behind to beat France 3-1 at the San Siro Stadium on Thursday, meaning they are guaranteed a place in the last 16 with a draw.
Roberto Mancini’s side will also advance if France lose their simultaneous game at home to Turkey, although that looks an unlikely outcome against opponents who have lost all five of their A-League games.
Italy are unbeaten in four matches, having defeated Turkey 3-1 at home on matchday 4 and drawing the previous one 1-1 in France.
“We are a very united group, all pulling in the same direction,” Frattesi told RAI Sport after the win in Italy.
“The credit goes to the coach and the new players: they gave us the freshness we needed.”
The draw for the knockout stage will take place in Nyon, Switzerland from 11:00 GMT on Friday.
Nations League table: full standings updated
League A – Group A
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position 1, 2: Play Offs: Quarter-finals
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position 3: Possible play-off
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position 4: Possible relegation
Belgium vs Italy Nations League team news
Belgium’s record goalscorer Romelu Lukaku is a doubt after the Fenerbahce target missed the win in Turkiye with a hip problem.
Jeremy Doku was sidelined for the first four games of Belgium’s campaign, but the Manchester City winger produced a performance against the Crescent-Stars to suggest he could be crucial to their chances of finishing the group stage in style.
Right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo and forwards Giacomo Raspadori and Moise Kean have missed out on the Italian squad through injury.
Marco Palestra from Chelsea, Luca Koleosho from Paris, Niccolo Pisilli from Roma, Simone Lontani from Parma, Alphadjo Cisse from Milan and Como trio Riccardo Cassano, Samuele Ricci and Mattia Liberali are back.
Planned alignments between Belgium and Italy
Belgium: Senne Lammens, Timothy Castagne, Brandon Mechele, Nathan Ngoy, Maxim De Cuyper, Nicolas Raskin, Charles De Ketelaere, Youri Tielemans, Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku, Diego Moreira
Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Michael Kayode, Giorgio Scalvini, Alessandro Bastoni, Riccardo Calafiori, Sandro Tonali, Nicolo Barella, Nicolo Cambiaghi, Pio Esposito, Sebastiano Esposito, Davide Frattesi
Belgium vs Italy Nations League stats, form
- None of Belgium’s 31 Nations League matches have ended without a goal, producing a total of 100 goals.
- Before the start of Friday’s action, only Latvia’s Rihards Matrevics (26) had made more saves in this season’s Nations League than Belgium’s Senne Lammens (25).
- Red Devils winger Dodi Lukebakio was one of five players to score more than one goal (2 each) from outside the box during the group stage.
- Timothy Castagne, Brandon Mechele and Nathan Ngoy have played every minute of Belgium’s Nations League campaign, as has Gianluigi Donnarumma for Italy.
- Six of Belgium’s last nine goals have come in the first half, and six of their last eight have come after the 76th minute.
- Italy have lost one of their last six Nations League matches (W3 D2) but have conceded in each of their last eight in the competition
- They have won 17 of the 27 meetings between the countries (D5 L5), although Belgium won the last edition 2-0 on 25 September.
- Since back-to-back draws at EURO 1980 and a friendly in Italy in 1991, each of the last 11 games between these teams has featured at least one goal.
- Ten of those games have included at least two goals, with the exception of Italy’s 1-0 home win in the Nations League in November 2024.
- That defeat to Belgium on matchday one was the only time Italy have failed to score in their last 16 games, including 11 goals in their last four games.
Prediction Belgium-Italy
The imperative is for Belgium to win, which means Van Bommel’s side could go on the attack and help create open play against opponents with free goals. Italy’s form suggests they can earn the point they need to go through.
