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Monday 5 October 2026, 20:45 CEST

Italy v Turkey

59%
Italy win
25%
Draw
16%
Turkey win

Italy ahead.

Italy win about 59 times in 100. The other 41: a draw (25) or a Turkey win (16). Forecast by Vesta, published Sunday 4 October 2026, 05:57 CEST, before kickoff.

Tested
Expected goals
1.7 v 0.8
Likeliest score
1-0 13%
Both teams score
45%
3 or more goals
46%

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Italy4-4-25-4-1Turkey

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Model estimate

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast. The models learned on club matches, applied to the two national teams' last internationals.

Shots21.39.7
Shots on target6.43.1
Corners5.83.4
Fouls12.413.2
Yellow cards1.72.4

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Italy
Italy: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Pio Esposito7325%4%10%33%1.8
Moise Kean3617%2%2%19%1.4
Luca Koleosho bench3613%<1%8%19%1.0
Davide Frattesi3710%<1%5%14%0.7
Nicolò Cambiaghi bench2510%<1%4%13%0.6
Sebastiano Esposito bench296%<1%5%12%0.6
Cher Ndour365%<1%5%10%0.5
Niccolò Pisilli365%<1%5%10%0.5
Luigi Cherubini bench135%<1%2%7%0.3
Giorgio Scalvini415%<1%3%7%0.3
Nicolò Fagioli bench335%<1%5%9%0.5
Luca Lipani bench304%<1%4%9%0.4
Riccardo Calafiori bench364%<1%4%8%0.5
Giacomo Raspadori bench93%<1%2%5%0.3
Jeff Ekhator bench93%<1%<1%4%0.2
Nicolò Barella bench223%<1%6%9%0.3
Sandro Tonali482%<1%6%8%0.6
Alessandro Romano bench162%<1%2%5%0.2
Seydou Fini bench142%<1%2%4%0.2
Davide Bartesaghi362%<1%3%5%0.2
Fabio Chiarodia362%<1%3%5%0.2
Michael Kayode362%<1%3%5%0.2
Alessandro Bastoni bench362%<1%5%7%0.2
Filippo Mané bench122%<1%2%3%0.2
Gianluca Mancini bench182%<1%2%4%0.1
Pietro Comuzzo bench261%<1%2%3%0.2
Issa Doumbia bench91%<1%1%3%0.1
Giovanni Di Lorenzo bench201%<1%2%3%0.2
Luca Reggiani bench71%<1%1%2%0.1
Daniel Maldini bench71%<1%1%2%0.1
Costantino Favasuli bench17<1%<1%1%2%0.1
Matteo Dagasso bench6<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Antonio Vergara bench6<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Honest Ahanor bench9<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Diego Coppola bench13<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Matteo Ruggeri bench18<1%<1%3%3%0.1
Gianluigi Donnarumma90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Turkey
Turkey: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Arda Güler849%<1%13%21%0.9
Kerem Aktürkoglu bench408%<1%2%10%0.5
Can Uzun bench368%<1%3%11%0.5
Baris Alper Yilmaz705%<1%4%9%0.5
Ismail Yüksek685%<1%4%9%0.5
Deniz Gül bench255%<1%1%7%0.3
Oguz Aydin484%<1%3%6%0.4
Ozan Kabak bench363%<1%<1%4%0.3
Hakan Calhanoglu bench223%<1%2%5%0.3
Salih Özcan423%<1%2%6%0.3
Kenan Yildiz bench182%<1%2%4%0.3
Yunus Akgün bench302%<1%2%4%0.2
Merih Demiral722%<1%2%4%0.2
Abdülkerim Bardakçi712%<1%2%4%0.2
Orkun Kökçü bench242%<1%1%3%0.2
Mehmet Zeki Çelik662%<1%2%4%0.2
Ferdi Kadioglu501%<1%1%2%0.2
Eren Elmali411%<1%1%2%0.1
Bartug Elmaz bench151%<1%<1%2%0.1
Irfan Can Kahveci bench9<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Mert Müldür bench24<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Ugurcan Çakir72<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Altay Bayindir bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Every probability of the match

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals91%
2 or more goals72%
3 or more goals46%
4 or more goals24%
5 or more goals11%

Exact number of goals

Tested
0 goals9%
1 goal19%
2 goals26%
3 goals21%
4 goals14%
5 goals7%
6 or more goals4%

Goals by team

Tested
Italy: 1 or more82%
Italy: 2 or more51%
Italy: 3 or more25%
Turkey: 1 or more55%
Turkey: 2 or more19%
Turkey: 3 or more5%
Both teams score45%
At least one team does not score55%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Italy goals down, Turkey goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
08.85.92.50.60.1·
113.511.84.31.10.2·
211.99.43.91.00.2·
36.95.42.10.60.1·
43.02.30.90.2··
51.00.80.30.1··

Winning margin

Tested
Italy by 3 or more15%
Italy by 218%
Italy by 125%
Draw25%
Turkey by 111%
Turkey by 24%
Turkey by 3 or more1%

Result combinations

Tested
Italy win or draw84%
Either team wins (no draw)75%
Turkey win or draw41%

Clean sheets

Tested
Italy keep a clean sheet45%
Turkey keep a clean sheet18%
Italy win without conceding37%
Turkey win without conceding9%
No goals at all9%

The first goal

Model estimate
Italy score first63%
Turkey score first29%
No goals9%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1529%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+17%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half68%
A goal in the second half74%
Italy ahead at half-time42%
Level at half-time42%
Turkey ahead at half-time16%
Italy win the second half47%
Second half level37%
Turkey win the second half16%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half41%
Same goals in both halves28%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Italy ahead at half-time, Italy win37%
Level at half-time, Italy win19%
Turkey ahead at half-time, Italy win2%
Italy ahead at half-time, draw4%
Level at half-time, draw17%
Turkey ahead at half-time, draw4%
Italy ahead at half-time, Turkey win1%
Level at half-time, Turkey win6%
Turkey ahead at half-time, Turkey win9%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
ItalyTurkey

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works