Scotland vs Italy Predictions - Value on Italy to get close

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 30 Jan 2025

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Ralph Staniforth 30 Jan 2025

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Italy has been competitive in recent matches versus Scotland.
Scotland won 7 of their last 8 matches, only losing to South Africa.
Italy backed to stay within an 18.5-point margin

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Italy to show competitive side against the Scots (Getty Images)

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Italy have a history of being competitive against Scotland, both home and away. I am backing Italy to get within the 18.5 handicap.

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Head to Head
Scotland Form
Scotland Injuries & Team News
Italy Form
Italy Injuries & Team News

Scotland have won 7 of their last 8 matches.
Scotland have won 13 of their last 14 matches against Italy.
Italy have lost 2 of their last 3 matches.
Italy have won or lost by less than 18.5 points in 8 of their last 9 games against Scotland.

Head to Head

The Scots have won 13 of their last 14 games against Italy, many of which were quite close. Last season, the Italians beat Scotland by two points in Rome.

Scotland Form

Scotland did very well in the 2024 Six Nations before a defeat on the penultimate weekend to Italy put them back on the table. They also ran Ireland close in Dublin on in the final week.

Since the Six Nations of 2024, Scotland have won seven of their eight matches, their only defeat coming to South Africa in November last year. However, Scotland’s mid-year tour to the Americas did inflate their stocks with four comfortable wins over tier two nations.

When the Scots welcomes the Southern Hemisphere in November, they beat Fiji, Portugal and Australia. Their only defeat came in a 32-15 loss to South Africa.

Scotland Injuries & Team News

Scotland have confidence after a strong showing in 2024 where they did well in the Six Nations. There shouldn’t be much deviation from that side.

Italy Form

Italy are a vastly improved side over the last 24 months. After a very disappointing 2023 Rugby World Cup, the Italians have come together for some amazing results.

During the 2024 Six Nations, Italy lost by 36 points to Ireland, but other than that, no one ran away with a game. England beat Italy by three points while the Italians drew in France before beating Scotland at home and Wales away.

In November, Italy produced a very poor performance in a heavy home defeat to Argenitna before bouncing back with a win over Georgia. They then lost their last game, 29-11 to New Zealand but were very competitive throughout.

Italy Injuries & Team News

Italy will stick with a similar side to that which featured last year although current form will play a role n selection.

Verdict

Scotland v Italy

Italy have always been competitive against Scotland with only one of their last nine games ending in defeat by more than 18.5 points. I am backing Italy to cover that margin.

Italy +18.5

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