{"id":2783,"date":"2026-09-30T15:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/fr\/matchs\/france-vs-italy-prediction-2026-10-02\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T23:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:11:36","slug":"france-vs-italy-prediction-2026-10-02","status":"publish","type":"ba_match","link":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/en\/matches\/football\/nations-league\/france-vs-italy-prediction-2026-10-02\/","title":{"rendered":"France vs Italy: Zidane’s first night at the Stade de France, an Italy starting over"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stade de France will be full on Friday night, around 80,000 spectators with every ticket gone, for Zidane’s first home game as France head coach in Saint-Denis. “It is important to win for the coach’s first match at the Stade de France”, Manu Kon\u00e9 said on Wednesday at Clairefontaine<\/a>. France arrive top of the group with six points, Italy third with three.<\/p>\n

Two 1-0 wins and a clean sheet<\/h2>\n

France opened their Nations League campaign with two away games, two 1-0 wins, in T\u00fcrkiye and then Belgium, and no goal conceded. The machine is simple: score once, then shut the game down. The summer told a different story, a World Cup ended by a 0-2 against Spain and then a 4-6 against England; since September, Zidane has taken this team from the other end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nTeam<\/th>\nOpponent<\/th>\nCompetition<\/th>\nScore<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
28\/09<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nBelgium (a)<\/td>\nNations League<\/td>\n1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25\/09<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nT\u00fcrkiye (a)<\/td>\nNations League<\/td>\n1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18\/07<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nEngland (h)<\/td>\nWorld Cup<\/td>\n4-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14\/07<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nSpain (h)<\/td>\nWorld Cup<\/td>\n0-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/07<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nMorocco (h)<\/td>\nWorld Cup<\/td>\n2-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28\/09<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\nT\u00fcrkiye (a)<\/td>\nNations League<\/td>\n4-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25\/09<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\nBelgium (h)<\/td>\nNations League<\/td>\n0-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31\/03<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\nBosnia and Herzegovina (a)<\/td>\nWC qualifiers<\/td>\n1-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Without Mbapp\u00e9, where do two goals come from?<\/h2>\n

Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, hurt in his left knee in T\u00fcrkiye on 25 September, gave up on the three matches of this window<\/a> and flew back to Madrid, with no replacement called up. Friday’s question is simple: without Mbapp\u00e9, where does France find its goals?<\/p>\n