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05 February 2023 - 10:00 

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Europe - Six Nations

Italy
VS
France

Prediction :

Handicap France -10.5

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Italy vs France Prediction & Betting Tips - Six Nations

 by Devesh Jaganath | in Six Nations Prediction

The opening weekend of the 2023 installment of the Six Nations will draw to a close on Sunday when France travels across the border to lock horns with Italy in their first match of the tournament at the Stadio Olimipico. The visitors managed to complete the Grand Slam last year and will want to start their title defense in style with a win off the bat in this match. France enjoyed their best-ever season in 2022, making a clean sweep of every opposition they came up against to record a perfect 10-match win streak, becoming the first-ever men's team to achieve that feat. Perhaps what makes this feat even more impressive is that Les Bleus had beaten every tier-one nation around, including the World Champions, South Africa, and an excellent 40-25 drubbing of the All Blacks. France will want to set a marker in their first match as they aim to become the only side to successfully defend their Grand Slam title.

Italy will want to put the last Six Nations tournament as far back in their memories as possible after finishing at the bottom of the table for a seventh consecutive year.  After losing their first four matches, Italy extended their remarkably poor run in the Six Nations competition to a painful 36 consecutive matches without a win before finally breaking that unwanted record with a consolation win over Wales in their last match. Since then, Italy has looked much better, winning five of their following six tests, three of which came over tier-one nations. While they have made a notable improvement, they come up against the only side that has a better record than them since the last Six Nations and will have to play out of their skins to overcome them in this one.

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Italy vs France Form

Table

Teams Pts P W D L GD
2
France
France
19 5 4 0 1 59
6
Italy
Italy
1 5 0 0 5 -60

Italy and France Last Matches

Italy
Italy Last matches
W W L W W L
Victories

1/6 (17%)

Draw

0/6 (0%)

Defeats

5/6 (83%)

19 Nov 2022 - Test Matchs

Italy
21 :  63
South Africa

19 Mar 2022 - Six Nations

Wales
21 :  22
Italy

12 Mar 2022 - Six Nations

Italy
22 :  33
Scotland

27 Feb 2022 - Six Nations

Ireland
57 :  6
Italy

13 Feb 2022 - Six Nations

Italy
0 :  33
England

6 Feb 2022 - Six Nations

France
37 :  10
Italy
France
France Last matches
W W W W W W
Victories

6/6 (100%)

Draw

0/6 (0%)

Defeats

0/6 (0%)

20 Nov 2022 - Test Matchs

France
35 :  17
Japan

12 Nov 2022 - Test Matchs

France
30 :  26
South Africa

5 Nov 2022 - Test Matchs

France
30 :  29
Australia

19 Mar 2022 - Six Nations

France
25 :  13
England

11 Mar 2022 - Six Nations

Wales
9 :  13
France

26 Feb 2022 - Six Nations

Scotland
17 :  36
France

Italy against France : Head to Head (H2H)

Italy

0 %

Draw

0 %

France

100 %

6 Feb 2022 - Six Nations

France
37 :  10
Italy

6 Feb 2021 - Six Nations

Italy
10 :  50
France

9 Feb 2020 - Six Nations

France
35 :  22
Italy

16 Mar 2019 - Six Nations

Italy
14 :  25
France

23 Feb 2018 - Six Nations

France
34 :  17
Italy

Players list

Italy
Italy
F. Zani L. Bigi P. Ceccarelli E. Iachizzi F. Ruzza M. Zuliani M. Lamaro G. Pettinelli A. Fusco T. Allan T. Menoncello L. Morisi I. Brex E. Padovani A. Capuozzo
France
France
R. Wardi G. Barlot S. Falatea T. Flament R. Taofifenua A. Jelonch C. Ollivon S. Macalou A. Dupont M. Jalibert E. Dumortier Yoram Falatea-Moefana G. Fickou D. Penaud T. Ramos

Substitutes

Italy
Italy
F. Zani L. Bigi P. Ceccarelli E. Iachizzi M. Zuliani G. Pettinelli A. Fusco E. Padovani
France
France
R. Wardi G. Barlot S. Falatea R. Taofifenua S. Macalou M. Jalibert T. Lavault N. Le Garrec

Italy - France Key Points

  1. France is on a 10-match win streak
  2. France has won 21 of 23 meetings between these sides in the Six Nations competition
  3. France has won five of the last six away matches played in Italy
  4. Italy last beat France 10 years ago in 2013
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Our Italy vs France Prediction

France comes into this match as the overwhelming favourite and has already featured on most bookmakers' odds as the favourites to win the World Cup on home soil later this year. They have an incredible record against Italy, and with the added motivation of becoming the first team to defend a Grand Slam, we find it hard to pick out any team that is likely to overcome them anytime soon. Our Italy v France prediction is a handicap bet with France -10.5.

Prediction :

Handicap France -10.5

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