England Women vs Italy Women Predictions

• England are bidding to reach a third major tournament final on the bounce
• The Lionesses are unbeaten in their last five meetings with Italy (W4, D1)
• Italy have made it to the semi-finals of the Euros for the first time since 1997

Semi-final may not be cagey

England Women are now just two wins away from defending their European Championship crown after riding their luck to make it through to the semi-finals with Thursday’s comeback penalty shootout success over Sweden.

The Lionesses were 2-0 down in that game and although their comeback was impressive, it further underlined some of the defensive deficiencies within Sarina Wiegman’s squad, as they have conceded in all but one of their games at this tournament.

Italy certainly have the attacking tools to hurt England, not least with two-goal quarter-final star Cristiana Girelli, and like their semi-final opponents, the Azzurre have scored in all their matches at these finals.

Lionesses should have the firepower to win

If this does come down to a battle of who has the best attack, then England, with the likes of Lauren James, Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly and Michelle Agyemang available, should be able to come through.

The reigning European champions, who are bidding to reach a third major tournament final on the bounce, are unbeaten in their last five meetings with Italy, but they have conceded in all but one of those games.

The last two meetings have finished 5-1 and 2-1 in favour of the Lionesses and something similar could play out on Tuesday, which would be enough to send England through to the showpiece game on July 27th and deny Italy a place in their first final since 1997.