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Team Italy PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ROUND 4 Team PRE-MATCH REPORT Italy ITALY vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 RESULTS ITALY WALES Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 France 10-50 L 1 Ireland 21-16 W 2 England 18-41 L 2 Scotland 25-24 W 3 Ireland 10-48 L 3 England 40-24 W HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK 38 5 POINTS 86 1 12.7 6 POINTS / MATCH 28.7 2 4 5 TRIES SCORED 10 1 1.33 6 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 3.33 2 52.6% 5 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 58.1% 2 AGAINST 139 6 POINTS CONCEDED 64 4 46.3 6 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 21.3 4 19 6 TRIES CONCEDED 6 4 6.3 6 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 2.00 3 68.3% 6 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 46.9% 2 TYPES OF PLAY Italy Wales 52.8% 50.4% 40.2% 37.1% 7.0% 12.5% Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM Paolo Garbisi 16 POINTS Callum Sheedy 15 Johan Meyer 1 TRIES SCORED Louis Rees-Zammit 3 Federico Mori 1 TRY ASSISTS Dan Biggar 1 Sebastian Negri 35 CARRIES Taulupe Faletau 38 Monty Ioane 322.4 METRES CARRIED Taulupe Faletau 209.2 Paolo Garbisi 4 OFFLOADS Nick Tompkins 2 Luca Bigi 43 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Justin Tipuric 51 Giosue Zilocchi 2 DOMINANT TACKLES Ken Owens 4 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES Italy Wales Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 13.0% Penalty Try Scored 27.8% 27.8% 0.0% Penalty Shot Scored Points / 13.0% Points / Drop Goal Scored Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 1.52 3.72 0.0% 0.0% 69.6% 22.2% 22.2% 0.0% Opponent 22 entries / match 7.7 Opponent 22 entries / match 6.0 Rank 5 Rank 6 The number of occasions a team has entered the opposition 22 and how many points they have scored with the entries. The 22 entry will also be calculated per ‘play’ and not simply crossing the 22m line on multiple occasions in a play. POWER GAME Italy Wales 44.6% 42.3% 38.4% 38.1% 17.1% 19.6% Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Metres carried / match 656 Metres carried / match 483 Line breaks / match 5.0 Line breaks / match 4.3 The Power Game determines the direct impact of a team that dominates action areas including effectiveness of reaching the gainline, metres carried, and line breaks. DOMINANT TACKLES / TACKLE COUNT Italy Wales % Tackles dominant 1.0% 1.3% % Turnover Tackles 16.5% 11.9% % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles 80.4% 83.4% This stat shows the defensive strength and structure of the team through Dominant Tackles which put pressure on the attacking team ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 HEAD TO HEAD - Wales have won 18 of their 21 games against Italy in the Six Nations (D1 L2), including the last 13 in a row; their last defeat against the Azzurri came in Rome in 2007 (23-20). - Italy have lost their last six home games against Wales in the Six Nations, by an average margin of 18 points. - Wales have scored 2+ tries in each of their 21 games against Italy in the Six Nations; only France, also against Italy, have scored 2+ tries in each of their games against a single opponent in the Championship. - Wales kept Italy pointless in their last meeting in the Six Nations (42-0 in February 2020), the first time they’d prevented a team from scoring in a Five/Six Nations game since 1974 when they defeated Scotland 6-0. - Wales have won their last 15 Test matches against Italy, a 16th straight victory would represent their longest ever winning run against a single opponent in Test rugby (W15 v France, 1908-1927). COMMON STATISTICS - Wales have averaged the fewest carries per game in the Six Nations this year (90) and have beaten the fewest defenders on average as a result (11); Italy have beaten the second fewest defenders (14.3) despite making the third most carries (117). - Wales have averaged the fewest 22 entries per game (6.0) in the Six Nations this year, however they’ve recorded the most points per entry (3.7); Italy have made the second fewest 22 entries (7.7 per game) and have averaged the fewest points per entry (1.5). - Five of the six players to make 40+ tackles in this year’s Six Nations could feature in this match; Wales’ Justin Tipuric (51), Taulupe Faletau (50) and Alun Wyn Jones (46), along with Italian duo Luca Bigi (43) and Michele Lamaro (41). - Italy’s Monty Ioane is one of just five players to gain 200+ metres in the Championship this year (228, also James Lowe, Elliot Daly, Hugo Keenan, Stuart Hogg), while Wales are the only side without any backs to gain 100+ metres so far. - Only Wales (13) have made fewer line breaks than Italy (15) in the Six Nations this year. ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. 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PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs WALES GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 ITALY STATISTICS - Italy’s current losing run in the Six Nations stands at 30 games, the longest in the history of the Five or Six Nations, while they’ve lost their last 19 home games in the Championship, last winning in Rome in 2013 (v Ireland). - Italy have slotted seven of their eight place kicks in this year’s Six Nations, their 88% success rate is the second best of any team, behind Ireland (94%). - Paolo Garbisi has made more kicks in play (29) and recorded more kicking metres (1,142) than any other player in this year’s Six Nations, despite Italy kicking less often than any other side (61); Garbisi has made 48% of his team’s total kicks in play, the highest ratio of any player in the tournament this year. - Jacopo Trulla is the only player to play all 240 minutes of Italy’s 2021 Six Nations campaign, only two players have missed more tackles than him (7) in the Championships, Cian Healy (8) and team mate Giosue Zilocchi (8). - Captain Luca Bigi has made the most tackles (43/46) of any front-rower in the 2021 Six Nations, it is the most by any Italy player. WALES STATISTICS - Wales secured their fifth Triple Crown of the Six Nations era with victory over England in Round 3, they completed the Grand Slam in each of their previous four Triple Crown winning campaigns since 2000 (2005, 2008, 2012, 2019). - Wales are the only side yet to be shown a card of any colour in the Six Nations this year, in fact they’ve not received any in their last 14 games in the Championship since having two men sin binned against Italy in 2018. - Wales have made 535 successful tackles in the Six Nations this year, more than any other side, with 21 of those tackles being dominant, also a tournament-high. - Leigh Halfpenny is set to win his 100th Test cap in this match (96th cap for Wales, 4 for the Lions); only against Scotland (12) has he averaged more points per game than against Italy (11), of teams he has faced more than once in his international career. - Adam Beard has won 15 lineouts in the 2021 Six Nations so far, more than any other player, including two lineout steals. ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY STATISTICS ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT POINTS SCORED ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 Statistic Team Rank Championship Average Points scored 38 5 23.3 Points scored / match 12.7 6 23.3 Tries scored 4 5 2.69 Tries scored / match 1.33 6 2.69 % Points scored from tries 52.6% 5 57.8% Conversion success % 75.0% 3 74.4% Successful penalties / match 1.33 5 1.94 Penalty shot success % 100.0% 1 83.8% POINTS PER MATCH 18 10 10 1 2 3 L POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS 0'-10' 8 (21.1%) 2 (50.00%) 11'-20' 6 (15.8%) Try-From Lineout 21'-30' 0 (0.0%) 31'-HT 7 (18.4%) Try-From Scrum 1 (25.00%) HT-50' 3 (7.9%) 51'-60' 0 (0.0%) 14 (36.8%) 61'-70' Try-From Turnover 1 (25.00%) 71'-80' 0 (0.0%) ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT KICKS AT GOAL ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS Opponent Minute Player Ireland 40 Paolo Garbisi Conversion made 4 Paolo Garbisi Penalty made England 67 Tommaso Allan Conversion made 44 Paolo Garbisi Penalty made 20 Paolo Garbisi Penalty made 4 Paolo Garbisi Conversion missed France 66 Paolo Garbisi Conversion made 19 Paolo Garbisi Penalty made CONVERSIONS Paolo Garbisi Tommaso Allan 1 (33.3%) Made: 2 Made: 1 1 (100.0%) Rank: 6 Rank: 8 2 (66.7%) PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Paolo Garbisi Made: 4 4 (100.0%) Rank: 2 Ranks across total successful kicks ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop Andrea Lovotti 2 111 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Callum Braley 1 77 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Carlo Canna 3 193 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Cherif Traore 1 26 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Daniele Rimpelli 1 31 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Danilo Fischetti 2 72 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 David Sisi 3 218 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Federico Mori 2 42 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Federico Ruzza 2 27 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Gianmarco Lucchesi 3 43 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Giosue Zilocchi 3 124 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Guglielmo Palazzani 3 19 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jacopo Trulla 3 240 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Johan Meyer 3 210 5 1.9 1 0 0 0 Juan Ignacio Brex 3 205 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Luca Bigi 3 192 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Luca Sperandio 3 200 5 2.0 1 0 0 0 Marco Lazzaroni 3 204 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Marco Riccioni 3 115 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Marco Zanon 1 44 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Mattia Bellini 1 40 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Maxime Mbanda 2 30 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Michele Lamaro 3 205 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Monty Ioane 3 225 5 1.8 1 0 0 0 Niccolo Cannone 3 92 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Paolo Garbisi 3 219 16 5.8 0 2 4 0 Sebastian Negri 3 209 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Stephen Varney 2 149 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Tommaso Allan 1 16 7 35.0 1 1 0 0 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2021.