Italy have never lost a home World Cup Qualifying game.
The Azzurri only conceded two goals in eight games during their World Cup Qualifying group.
North Macedonia finished second in their group, but did not finish above a team ranked higher than 47th in the world to do so.
Azzurri bidding for ticket to Qatar

Having missed out on the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Italy rebounded by winning Euro 2020, but a second consecutive failure to qualify for the biggest tournament in world football would be nothing short of a disaster for Roberto Mancini’s men.

Italy have lost just one of their last 41 fixtures, but four draws in their last five World Cup qualifying games saw them lose out on top spot to Switzerland, with a lack of goals being a serious problem for Mancini’s men. The Azzurri only conceded twice in their group campaign, keeping six clean sheets in eight games, but a return of 13 goals scored was 10 fewer than Thursday’s opponents North Macedonia managed in their own group.

The visitors finished second in Group J, earning an incredible away win over Germany in the process. Although they won three of their five away games, netting a minimum of two goals in each, Blagoja Milevski’s men did not face too much in the way of serious competition. Romania, ranked 47th in the world, were the strongest side, on paper, to finish below them in Group J.

Hosts should have enough to set up mouth-watering final

Despite the wobbles they endured in the Autumn, Italy, who have never lost a single World Cup qualifier on home soil, should have enough to find their way past a side which has only ever qualified for one major tournament.

However, goals have been a big issue for the Azzurri, who will be hoping the likes of Ciro Immobile, Domenico Berardi, and Gianluca Scamacca can fire them to a potential final against fellow giants Portugal.

With that in mind, back Italy to win a game featuring fewer than four goals, while a 2-0 home win could represent a decent correct score prediction, with Mancini’s men keepin



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意大利从未在世界杯预选赛主场输球。
在世界杯预选赛的8场比赛中，蓝衣军团只丢了2球。
北马其顿虽然在小组中获得第二名，但在世界排名第47位以上的球队中却未能获得第一名。
蓝衣军团竞标卡塔尔的机票

在错过2018年俄罗斯世界杯后，意大利通过赢得2020年欧洲杯卷土重来，但连续第二年未能晋级世界足坛最重要的赛事，对曼奇尼(Roberto Mancini)的球队来说无异于一场灾难。

在过去的41场比赛中，意大利只输掉了一场，但在过去的5场世界杯预选赛中，他们四次战平，最终输给了领头羊瑞士，而进球不足是曼奇尼的球员们面临的一个严重问题。蓝衣军团在小组赛中只丢了两次球，8场比赛中有6场比赛没有失球，但这次的13个进球比周四的对手北马其顿在本组的进球少了10个。

客队以J组第二名的成绩结束了比赛，并在客场战胜了德国队。尽管他们赢得了五场客场比赛中的三场，每一场至少进两球，但布拉戈亚·米列夫斯基的球队并没有面临太多激烈的竞争。世界排名第47位的罗马尼亚队是理论上实力最强的球队，在J组以低于他们的成绩结束比赛。

主办方应该有足够的资金来安排令人垂涎的决赛

尽管意大利在秋季经历了动荡，但他们在本土从未输过一场世界杯预选赛，他们应该有足够的能力击败一支只获得过一次主要赛事资格的球队。

然而，进球对蓝衣军团来说是一个大问题，他们希望像西罗·伊莫莫、多梅尼科·贝拉尔迪和吉安卢卡·斯卡马卡这样的球员能够帮助他们在可能的决赛中对阵葡萄牙巨人。

考虑到这一点，在曼奇尼的球员保持领先的情况下，意大利赢得了一场少于4球的比赛，而主场2-0的胜利可能代表了一个体面的正确的得分预测