2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Italy vs Bulgaria Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI, Teams, Preview, and Top Fantasy picks


2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Italy vs Bulgaria Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI, Teams, Preview, and Top Fantasy picks

2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Italy vs Bulgaria Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI, Teams, Preview, and Top Fantasy picks

Italy vs Bulgaria: European champions Italy will be up against Bulgaria in the Group C World Cup Qualifiers match on 3rd September at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.

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Italy vs Bulgaria Team Preview

Italy

Italy, the current European champions, have won their last 34 matches under Roberto Mancini, and are just one victory away from tying Spain and Brazil’s international record of 35 victories. They are unbeaten in the World Cup qualifiers thus far, with nine points from three games. Roberto Mancini has kept the majority of his EURO 2020 squad, and he will be hoping for another good performance from his team.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria has had a dreadful qualifying campaign and is presently ranked second last in Group C. They have failed to get rolling in the qualifications and are yet to win, with one tie and two losses in their first three matches.

Head-to-Head

Italy and Bulgaria have faced each other on ten occasions with Italy winning six games while Bulgaria are yet to defeat them

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They last encountered in March 2021 where Italy triumphed with a 2-0 victory.

Recent Form

  • Italy: WWWWW
  • Bulgaria: LDDLL

Match Details

  • Match Name: Italy vs Bulgaria
  • Date: 3rd September
  • Timings: 12:15 AM IST
  • Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Squads to choose from

Italy

Francesco Caputo, Alessandro Florenzi, Salvatore Sirigu, Gaetano Castrovilli, Rafael Tolói, Alessandro Bastoni, Alex Meret, Gian Marco Ferrari, Roberto Soriano, Matteo Ricci, Matteo Pessina, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Federico Bernardeschi, Emerson, Leonardo Spinazzola, Giorgio Chiellini, Manuel Locatelli, Bryan Cristante, Alessio Cragno, Cristiano Biraghi, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Lorenzo Insigne, Leonardo Bonucci, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Ciro Immobile, Manuel Lazzari, Gianluca Mancini, Stephan El Shaarawy, Rolando Mandragora, Domenico Berardi, Francesco Acerbi, Nicolò Barella, Marco Verratti, Andrea Belotti, Federico Chiesa, Vincenzo Grifo, Stefano Sensi

Bulgaria

Dimitar Iliev, Aleksandar Tsvetkov, Martin Lukov, Bozhidar Kraev, Galin Ivanov, Stanislav Rabotov, Spas Delev, Strahil Popov, Kristian Dimitrov, Viktor Popov, Kristiyan Malinov, Anton Nedyalkov, Todor Nedelev, Georgi Georgiev, Nikolay Mihaylov, Yanis Karabelyov, Petar Zanev, Ismail Isa, Ivan Goranov, Cicinho, Bircent Karagaren, Svetoslav Kovachev, Filip Krastev, Plamen Galabov, Vasil Bozhikov, Georgi Kostadinov

Italy vs Bulgaria Probable Playing XI

Italy

Gianluigi Donnarumma; Emerson Palmieri, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Giovanni Di Lorenzo; Jorginho, Marco Verratti, Nicolo Barella; Federico Chiesa, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne

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Bulgaria

Nikolay Mihaylov, Vasil Bozhikov, Anton Nedyalkov, Andrea Hristov; Birsent Karagaren, Petar Vitanov, Ivaylo Chochev, Todor Nedelev; Kiril Despodov, Dimitar Iliev, Spas Delev

Key Players

Italy

  • Chiesa
  • Immobile
  • Insigne

Bulgaria

  • Nedyalkov
  • Vitanov
  • Karagaren

Italy vs Bulgaria Dream11 Team

2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Italy vs Bulgaria Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI, Teams, Preview, and Top Fantasy picks
2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Italy vs Bulgaria Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI, Teams, Preview, and Top Fantasy picks

Donnarumma, Bonucci, Chiellini, Nedyalkov, Chiesa (VC), Barella, Karagaren, Vitanov, Insigne, Immobile (C), Despodov

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Final Prediction

Italy are going through a great run and have been at their absolute best. They start as clear favorites to win this match.

Italy 3-0 Bulgaria.

Please Note

The aforementioned ITA vs BLG Dream 11 Prediction, ITA vs BLG Final Prediction, ITA vs BLG Top Picks are based on our in-house analysis. However, this does not guarantee a positive result. 

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