Italy v Albania Odds: Reigning champions 10/11 to win to nil

We have priced up reigning champions Italy at 10/11 to begin their Euro 2024 campaign with a win and a clean sheet against Albania.

Italy v Albania Odds

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Priced at 1/3 to beat Albania in Dortmund on Saturday evening, the Italians are notoriously strong at the back and with Spain and Croatia also in Group B, they will be looking to avoid any slip ups against group underdogs Albania.

Their Euro 2020 success was built on the solid foundations provided by veteran duo Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, and their best chance of reaching the latter stages could be to adopt a pragmatic approach again.

Those two are no longer around the Italy squad, with the likes of Alessandro Bastoni and Federico Gatti tasked with ensuring that the Italian spine once again provides the more creative players with the platform to cause opposing teams problems.

Their biggest threat on Saturday could be Juventus winger Federico Chiesa, who has shown glimpses of his incredible talent on the big stage before and he is priced at 9/2 to score the first goal at the BVB Stadion.

Albania were mightily impressive in qualification as they topped their group ahead of more seasoned international teams such as Czech Republic and Poland.

However, the draw has not been the kindest to them and at 10/3 they face a real challenge to progress from Group B.

Albania are 9/1 to defeat the reigning champions in their opening game, with the draw currently available at 4/1.

All odds displayed on this page were correct at the time of writing and are subject to withdrawal or change at any time.

Matt Gibbs

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