Türkiye will face Italy away in their fourth match in Group 1 of League A in the UEFA Nations League. The match will be played at Renato Dall'Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy, will kick off at 21:45 Türkiye time and will be broadcast live on ATV.
The match will be officiated by Szymon Marciniak of the Polish Football Association. Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik will serve as assistant referees, while Karol Arys will be the fourth official.
Türkiye seek their first points
Having failed to earn points in their first three matches in Group 1 of League A, Türkiye will aim to end their losing streak away to Italy. The national team lost 1-0 to France in Kocaeli in its opening match, 4-1 to Italy in Bursa and 3-0 to Belgium away.
Italy, meanwhile, lost 2-0 to Belgium at home after defeating Türkiye and drew 1-1 with France away. In the other match in the group, France and Belgium will meet in Paris at 21:45 Türkiye time.
Türkiye will complete its group campaign with away matches against France and Belgium in İzmir in November.
The match will be Türkiye's 658th in its history. In the 657 matches played over 103 years, Türkiye recorded 260 wins, 151 draws and 246 defeats, scoring 907 goals and conceding 940. The game will also be Türkiye's 40th under Vincenzo Montella, who has led the team to 21 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats in 39 matches.
Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz suspended
Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz were suspended after receiving cards in the match against Belgium. The two footballers will not be included in the squad for the away match against Italy.
Türkiye's provisional squad
Türkiye's 29-player provisional squad, managed by head coach Vincenzo Montella, is as follows:
- Goalkeepers: Altay Bayındır, Muhammed Şengezer, Okan Kocuk, Uğurcan Çakır.
- Defenders: Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, Adil Demirbağ, Emirhan Topçu, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Merih Demiral, Ozan Kabak, Samet Akaydin, Mustafa Eskihellaç, Zeki Çelik, Yusuf Akçiçek.
- Midfielders: İsmail Yüksek, Bartuğ Elmaz, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Melih Kabasakal, Salih Özcan, Emirhan İlkhan.
- Forwards: Aral Şimşir, Deniz Gül, Yunus Akgün, Can Uzun, İlhan Fakılı, İrfan Can Kahveci, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Oğuz Aydın.
Italy's provisional squad
The following players are included in Italy's provisional squad, managed by head coach Roberto Mancini:
- Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Massimo Pessina, Guglielmo Vicario.
- Defenders: Honest Ahanor, Alessandro Bastoni, Riccardo Calafiori, Diego Coppola, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Federico Dimarco, Daniele Ghilardi, Michael Kayode, Eddy Kouadio, Gianluca Mancini, Giorgio Scalvini.
- Midfielders: Nicolò Barella, Bryan Cristante, Issa Doumbia, Nicolo Fagioli, Davide Frattesi, Rolando Mandragora, Alessandro Romano, Sandro Tonali.
- Forwards: Nicolo Cambiaghi, Francesco Pio Esposito, Sebastiano Esposito, Samuele Inacio, Moise Kean, Daniel Maldini, Giacomo Raspadori, Gianluca Scamacca, Antonio Vergara, Nicolo Zaniolo, Mohamed Ali Zoma.
