Please, try again later
The Roberto Mancini era of the Italian national side began with a win over Saudi Arabia on Monday, with the recalled, Mario Balotelli, scoring the opener.
'Super Mario' revitalised his career on this ground, as he's excelled in his last two seasons at Nice, and he will no doubt be well up for this fixture against the French.
France are preparing their assault to win their first World Cup since 1998, and they eased to a 2-0 victory over Ireland this week. They are a very strong team and could go far in Russia, but I can't see them keeping a clean sheet tonight against a hungry, Italy.
France have won 3 drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 5 matches played, and have scored 11 goals and conceded 6 goals in those matches. Italy have won 1 drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 5 matches played, and have scored 3 goals and conceded 5 goals in those 5 matches. France have won the last 2 meetings against Italy. France has an impressive front line. They have more confidence at that moment, I think they should win this one.