Italy are warm favourites to land a victory when it comes to their Tuesday night clash against Belgium, with the Azzurri having produced a couple of solid performances in September. They recovered from going an early goal down at the Parc des Princes before storming back to defeat France 3-1.
Luciano Spalletti’s side were then dominant when defeating Israel, with the manager having previously won the Scudetto with Napoli. There are lots of young players now being blooded, with Giacomo Raspadori and Mateo Retegui likely to be given the attacking roles, while Lorenzo Pellegrini and Davide Frattesi are the midfield generals.
Belgium will have to contend without Kevin de Bruyne and that explains partly why they are outsiders with the Nations League betting sites. The Manchester City midfielder was condemning of his country’s performance against France last time out, with Romelu Lukaku also missing from the squad.
Perhaps the best betting route could be backing Italy to win without conceding, especially as they have some experienced defenders in the form of Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Alessandro Bastoni. Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori has also found his way into the first team at the Emirates Stadium and Italy could be a good bet for Thursday accumulators.