Turkey vs. Italy Prediction: Euro 2020 Betting Odds

Payton Matthews
June 8, 2021

The Italians are -204 on the soccer odds with the Turks at +600 and a draw +250.

Turkey vs. Italy Euro 2020 Betting Odds

Italy -227
Draw +300
Turkey +700

On the draw no bet odds, Italy is -588 and Turkey +290. The total for this match is set at 2.5 goals, with the under a -154 favourite. To score first, Turkey is +220 with Italy at -222 and no goals at +800. That the first goal comes in minutes 1-15 is a +215 favourite. That both teams score is +111 with no at -175. That only Italy scores is +134.

Italy is the -196 favourite to win Group A, followed by Switzerland (+465), Turkey (+474) and Wales (+837). The Italians to qualify for the knockout round from Group A is -1429 with no at +592. The Turks are -175 to qualify and +125 for no. The top two in each of the six groups advance Round of 16 along with the four best third-place finishers.

Turkey

Turkey is No. 29 in the FIFA world rankings and reached Euro 2020 by finishing second to France in Group H qualifying. In 10 matches, coach Senol Gunes’ side allowed only three goals and just one in the final six matches. Cenk Tosun led the Turks with five qualifying goals. It’s Turkey’s fifth all-time trip to the European Championship. In 2016, it failed to advance out of group play. The country is unbeaten (a few draws) in 2021 in friendlies and World Cup qualifying.

The Crescent Stars last took the pitch June 3 in a friendly and won 2-0 against Moldova thanks to goals from Burak Yılmaz and Cengiz Under. Yılmaz is the team captain and played a key role in Lille winning its first French Ligue 1 title in 10 years this season. Yilmaz is +400 to be an anytime scorer in this match.

Italy

The Italians, ranked seventh in the world, have never lost to Turkey in 10 matches with three draws. The countries last played in a 2006 friendly and it was a 1-1 draw. The lone meeting at a European Championship came in 2000 and Italy won 2-1.

Coach Robert Mancini’s team breezed through qualifying by winning all 10 matches in Group J, including the finale 9-1 over Armenia. It was the first time Italy scored nine goals in a game since August 1948. Midfielder Marco Verratti is one of Italy’s stars; he plays club soccer for Paris Saint-Germain. However, Verratti suffered knee ligament damage last month with PSG and may not play at all during group stage play. Giorgio Chiellini is the team captain, and the Juventus defender has won 106 caps for his country. Ciro Immobile is the +131 favourite as an anytime scorer for this match.

This is the Azzurri’s 10^th all-time trip to the European Championship and seventh straight. The Italians, who shockingly failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, won it in 1968 and reached the quarterfinals five years ago, losing to Germany on penalty kicks. Italy’s final warm up match was last Friday and it beat the Czech Republic 4-0.