Italy are hoping to continue their resurgence under Roberto Mancini as they take on Turkey in the Nations League this week.
Italy currently have four points from three Nations League games. Italy began with a 0-2 loss at home to Belgium before improved showings saw them beat Turkey (4-1) and draw with France (1-1).
There has been a marked uptick in performances under Roberto Mancini following defeat to Belgium in their opening game, with the team playing a very attractive brand of free flowing football.
Italy performance away to France was particularly impressive, where they accumulated 1.55xG (compared to 1.17xG for France) and very much gave as good as they got.
The result meant Italy now have three wins, one draw and one defeat from their last five games, marking a decent run of form.
Italy also faced off against Turkey last week and ran out convincing winners, so they'll be perfectly confident of chalking another three points on the board here.
Turkey enter this game with three defeats from three games in the Nations League. A 0-1 loss to France was following by heavy defeats at the hands of Italy and Belgium (3-0).
As a result, manager Vincenzo Montella is under serious pressure, particular given the Nations League comes in the aftermath of a high disappointing World Cup campaign.
Turkey have been leaking goals recently, conceding ten times in their last four outings, so Italy will fancy their chances of filling their boots here.
It's tough to see anything other than a win for Italy here, with the uncertainty mostly being around how heavy the defeat for Turkey might be.
Italy 3-0 Turkey
