Group three of league A sees unfamiliar faces occupy the top spot in the Uefa Nations League after four matches. England and Italy will be keen to climb up the table's summit when they both come against each other in the fifth round of matches. The match occurs on Friday, 23rd September 2022, at the home turf of Italy's national team, San Siro. Gli Azzurri still has competitive matches to engage in before the World Cup gets underway after seeing them fail to qualify for the tournament, which they last won in 2006. The failure to qualify for the prestigious tournament in November will be a big blow for a side that recently came back to the limelight after winning the 2020 Euros. En route to their European glory, the host displayed scintillating bits of football which saw them reclaim their spot as world heavyweights under the tutelage of Roberto Maccini. However, Italy has always struggled to get past the three lions in recent meetings. They will be wary of the threat Gareth Southgate's England team will bring to the field, especially after seeing them miss out on their first ever European glory, falling shorts on penalty kicks. England has been excellent when they have come up against teams in recent years, and this was echoed in the Euro 2020, a competition which saw them play their way all through to the final for the first time in a long time. However difficult gli Azzurri has proven to be to play against, we expect the three lions to prevent a defeat in this one.

The visitors sit bottom of the group after four rounds of matches; hence they will be keen to return to winning ways after a slow start to the national league. More so, the wealth of attacking talent at Southgate's disposal will be a major boost for the visitors, with players called up to the camp achieving this feat by pure merit. In Europe, there is arguably no better striker than Harry Kane currently, and we expect him to lead the line against an Italian side whose defence constitutes an aging side of Chiellini and Bonucci, which has seen them keep just three clean sheets in the last four competitive games in all competitions. More so, the host head into this tie off the back of a 5-2 defeat against Germany, to compound their woes of failing to keep two consecutive victories on the run. Both teams have been largely out of form in recent weeks, which has seen them occupy the last two positions in the group.

Furthermore, the contest between these two sides has always been very close, as both teams are always wary of making needless mistakes that may prove costly when they come up against each other. The first leg of this tie which was played at Wembley, ended in a 0-0 draw, and we are predicting a similar outcome. This time around only that we expect the visitors to prevent a loss in this tie by winning or drawing it. The last four meetings between these two sides have ended in a draw. In light of this, we are backing the three lions to win or draw this one once again with their eyes set on the World Cup, as they will be in high spirits to maintain an excellent run of results heading into the tournament in Qatar, especially as the home side will be without competitive matches during the World Cup.

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联赛A的第三组在四场比赛后，陌生面孔占据了欧足联国家联赛的头名。当英格兰和意大利在第5轮的比赛中相遇时，他们将渴望爬上积分榜的顶端。这场比赛将于2022年9月23日(星期五)在意大利国家队的主场圣西罗举行。蓝衣军团在世界杯开始前还有很多比赛要打，因为他们在2006年的世界杯上就没能获得冠军。未能获得11月欧洲杯的参赛资格，对最近在赢得2020年欧洲杯后重新回到聚光灯下的意大利来说，将是一个巨大的打击。在通往欧洲荣耀的路上，东道主在罗伯托·马奇尼(Roberto machini)的指导下，展示了闪烁的足球，让他们重新获得了世界重量级的地位。然而，在最近的几场比赛中，意大利队总是难以突破三狮军团。他们将对加雷斯·索斯盖特的英格兰队在球场上带来的威胁保持警惕，尤其是在看到英格兰队错过了他们的首个欧洲荣誉，点球不足之后。近年来，英格兰队在对阵球队时表现出色，这一点在2020年欧洲杯上得到了印证，他们很长时间以来首次一路杀入决赛。无论对阵蓝衣军团多么艰难，我们都希望三狮军团能在这场比赛中避免失利。

客队经过四轮比赛后排名小组垫底;因此，在国家联赛起步缓慢之后，他们将渴望重返胜利的道路。更重要的是，索斯盖特麾下的进攻天才将是客队的一大推动力，征召到训练营的球员都是靠实力取得这一成就的。在欧洲，目前没有比哈里·凯恩更好的前锋了，我们希望他能领衔锋线对抗意大利，后者的后防线由基耶利尼和博努奇组成，他们在过去四场所有赛事中只保持了三场零封。更糟糕的是，东道主在客场5-2负于德国之后迎来了这场比赛，这加剧了他们未能保持两连胜的困境。这两支球队最近几周状态都不佳，占据了小组最后两名的位置。

此外，双方的比赛总是势均力敌，因为两支球队总是小心翼翼地避免犯不必要的错误，而这些错误在他们相遇时可能会被证明代价高昂。这场比赛的首回合在温布利进行，以0-0的平局结束，我们预测结果也会类似。这一次，我们只希望客队能通过赢球或平局来避免输球。双方最近四次交锋都以平局告终。鉴于此，我们支持三狮军团在世界杯上再次取得胜利或平局，因为他们将以高昂的精神状态在卡塔尔的比赛中保持出色的成绩，特别是在主队在世界杯期间没有正式比赛的情况下。