The second fixture in the difficult Group B table, reigning Champions Italy take on Albania in what will be their 5th Head to Head, and a chance for Albania to finally get a win under their belt with Italy having won all of their previous battles. Where ‘The Blues’ managed to win all their qualifiers except their 2 games against England, and both friendlies so far in 2024, the ‘Kuq e Zinjtë’ produced a similar set of results, losing just one of their qualifiers to Poland, but have suffered back-to-back defeats in their two friendlies this year back in March. As we look ahead to the final kick-off on the 15th June, just what do the Italy vs Albania odds say about who the bookies think might win this one.
A quick look at BetVictor and the 2024 Euro betting odds at the time of writing, show that Albania are clearly a distant second with odds of 17/2*, where a £10 bet would pay out £95, while Italy are firm favourites at just 1/3*, with a £10 wager returning £13.33 if correct. Surprisingly, a draw sits nearly midway between the two at 7/2*, so the same £10 bet would pay £45 if it occurred. Despite these odds being seemingly par for the course when you match up the 8th FIFA ranked team against a team that has only ever qualified for one Euro tournament before, football has the capacity to produce some wild results, so don’t count Albania out just yet.
As Italy’s Coach Luciano Spalletti will put his faith in his captain and Euro 2020’s player of the tournament, Gianluigi Donnarumma, to push teammates like Jorginho and Barella to make-up for the loss of Euro 2020 icon Ciro Immobile, while Albania’s Coach Sylvinho, will hope captain Berat Gjimshiti can help him get the best out of top scorer Sokol Cikalleshi and Armando Sadiku as they try to qualify for the Round of 16. Unfortunately, when it comes to making a prediction ahead of the game, this feels like an easy first fixtures for the Italians, who we expect to win comfortably when the two go head to head at the Signal Iduna Park stadium.
Have a look at all the latest Italy vs Albania betting odds and markets ahead of their game on the 15th June, or read on to see all of predictions for the Euro 2024 football matches taking place between June and July.
