Who Will Win?
On Saturday 9th March, Italy will take on Scotland at the Stadio Olimpico during round four of the Six Nations Championship.
Scotland will enter this clash as the favourites. This is because they’ve now defeated the Azzurri in 13 consecutive matches. That said, Italy cannot be counted out entirely, and the past three matches between the two sides have been close. Backed by their fervent home fans, Italy will hope that this is the year they finally get over the line and defeat Scotland for the first time since 2005.
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Head-to-Head
Scotland have won all of the last five meetings between the two teams. During this time, they’ve dominated their opponents. Across these five matches, they’ve averaged 33 points. Meanwhile, Italy have only averaged 15.
Team Form
Scotland endured a mixed 2023. They started the year well, finishing third in the Six Nations after defeating England, Wales and Italy. However, they were placed in a tough pool at the Rugby World Cup and were eliminated at this stage of the tournament, following defeats to both South Africa and Ireland.
Meanwhile, Italy suffered throughout 2023. They lost every match in the 2023 Six Nations, finishing bottom of the table and claiming the wooden spoon in the process. Then, they were eliminated during the pool stage of the Rugby World Cup, where they were heavily beaten by both France (60-7) and New Zealand (96-17). There was reason for optimism for the Azzurri though and they did still finish third in their pool after defeating both Namibia (52-8) and Uruguay (38-17).
Below our team form guide, you can see in-depth stats about how the two sides have performed in their last five games, including stats about the number of tries they’ve scored, their overall points difference and the number of times they’ve scored the first try. We’ve also detailed how often each team has scored the first points in a game and how often they’ve won the race to 10 points.
Player Head-to-Head
Italy vs Scotland fixtures typically bring the best out of the star players on each side. With this in mind, here’s how Tommaso Allan and Ben Healy have performed in recent Italy vs Scotland clashes.
One thing is for certain, if Italy are to win this match then they’ll need a top performance from Allan!
Other Fixtures
Italy vs Scotland is always a key Six Nations fixture. However, several other important matches are also taking place at both club and international level.
Take a look at all of the latest fixtures and results right here.
Live Updates
Finn Russell has kicked a conversion.
Scotland are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Sam Skinner picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Paolo Garbisi has kicked a penalty goal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Paolo Garbisi kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Stephen Varney from scoring as they record the try for Italy.
A clever kick there by Italy allows Louis Lynagh to collect the ball and touch down for the try.
Martin Page-Relo has kicked a penalty goal.
The Italy supporters go wild as Paolo Garbisi successfully kicks the penalty goal.
It's going to take a miracle to stop this Scotland maul...no miracles today as Pierre Schoeman powers over.
Finn Russell adds the points for Scotland.
Paolo Garbisi converts the try.
What a kick! Juan Ignacio Brex takes full advantage to score for Italy.
Finn Russell converts the try.
A series of passes by Scotland results in a try for Kyle Steyn
Finn Russell has kicked a conversion.
Scotland are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Zander Fagerson touching down.
Paolo Garbisi has kicked a penalty goal.