Italy vs Saudi Arabia Analysis and Predictions

Italy vs Saudi Arabia: Predictions, Preview and Betting Tips

The World Cup is a fortnight away from kick off in Russia and preparations are underway from the participating teams with warm up matches
Italy are the biggest causalities to miss out in the world cup after they fell to Sweden in a playoff back in November.
Now under new Era comes Roberto Mancini who will take over from Giampiero Ventura and his first task will be providing new generation with a chance to prove their worth under his system.
This has already been seen with a call up for Balotelli whom he coached at both inter and Manchester City and also Napoli duo Jorginho and Lorenzo Insigne whom the previous coach overlooked.
Saudi Arabia on the other hand will return to the World Cup scenes after 12 year absence.
Saudi Arabia will kick off the world cup campaign against Host Russia and this a friendly match against European counterpart gives team an ideal preparation for the match.
The green falcon have only one European based player who plies his trade at Villareal while majority of the squad are home based.
Italy head into this match has the hot favorite to win as they have a lot to prove while Saudi Arabia will be out there cautious of not getting injured as they try to work out the right approach and tactics to use in Russia.