New Zealand vs. Italy Prediction on September 29, 2023

Match info

With a convincing victory against Namibia last week, New Zealand overcame its initial Pool A setback to the men’s 2023 Rugby World Cup host France. When they take on unbeaten Italy on Friday, September 29, the “All Blacks“ will want to make it two victories in a row. Despite its present record of 2-0, Italy is considered the underdog among the best mobile bookmakers in the forthcoming game, starting at 9 p.m. local time at Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon).

Meeting statistics

The current form of New Zealand

After their perfect 31-match record in the Rugby World Cup pool stages came to an end against the host team France on September 9, the “All Blacks“scored a statement victory. On September 15, they defeated Namibia 71-3, having scored 11 tries in the rout. New Zealand made a milestone victory then, winning for the 50th time at the Rugby World Cup.

Because of its superiority in this match, New Zealand scored a fourth try for bonus points after only 25 minutes. They had a 38-3 advantage at the interval, and they kept racking up scores in the second half. In the second half, New Zealand overpowered Namibia 33-0 to secure its first World Cup victory in France. The next match for New Zealand is against Italy. The All Blacks will think they have a good chance of winning this game since they have historically performed very well against “Gli Azzurri“. New Zealand has defeated its next rival 15 times in Test matches, with an average victory margin of 51 points. Back in 2021, New Zealand thrashed Italy 47-9 in their last head-to-head thus far.

Ethan De Groot earned a two-match suspension for the late red card he received against Namibia, therefore, he will be out for the All Blacks’ forthcoming matches against Italy and Uruguay.

The current form of Italy

With momentum on its side after defeating Uruguay 38-17 in its last group game, Italy will enter strong to its encounter against New Zealand. By an average of 32.5 points, Gli Azzurri have already prevailed in their opening two group games. With Uruguay having a 17-7 advantage at the end of the first half, Italy was far from being remarkable in the victory over “Los Teros“. Italy turned a 10-point deficit at halftime into a 21-point victory by outscoring South Americans 31-0 in the second half.

Tommaso Allan, Paolo Garbisi, and Michele Lamaro will need to put up excellent performances for Italy to stun New Zealand. In this year’s World Cup, Allan is placed second in conversions with 12, and fifth in points with 27. With 31 runs, Garbisi is second in the runs category at the tournament. In Italy’s first two games, Lamaro has made 35 tackles, good for second place in the overall ranking.

Match analytics

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Results of the forecast

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