Italy V France – Pre-Match Report
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Team Italy PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ROUND 1 Team PRE-MATCH REPORT Italy ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 RESULTS ITALY FRANCE Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 Wales 0-42 L 1 England 24-17 W 2 France 22-35 L 2 Italy 35-22 W 3 Scotland 0-17 L 3 Wales 27-23 W 4 Ireland 17-50 L 4 Scotland 17-28 L 5 England 5-34 L 5 Ireland 35-27 W HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK 44 6 POINTS 138 1 8.8 6 POINTS / MATCH 27.6 1 6 6 TRIES SCORED 17 1 1.20 6 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 3.4 1 68.2% 1 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 63.0% 3 AGAINST 178 1 POINTS CONCEDED 117 2 35.6 1 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 23.4 2 25 1 TRIES CONCEDED 13 2 5.0 1 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 2.6 2 70.2% 1 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 55.6% 5 TYPES OF PLAY Italy France 51.5% 41.0% 45.2% 41.3% 7.6% 13.4% Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM Paolo Garbisi 12 POINTS Romain Ntamack 57 Edoardo Padovani 1 TRIES SCORED Charles Ollivon 4 Jayden Hayward 2 TRY ASSISTS Antoine Dupont 4 Jake Polledri 61 CARRIES Gregory Alldritt 66 Mattia Bellini 376.3 METRES CARRIED Gregory Alldritt 392.9 Matteo Minozzi 9 OFFLOADS Antoine Dupont 12 Jake Polledri 70 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Bernard le Roux 84 Niccolo Cannone 9 DOMINANT TACKLES Bernard le Roux 13 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES Italy France Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 10.8% Penalty Try Scored 0.0% 33.3% Penalty Shot Scored 44.4% Drop Goal Scored Points / Points / Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 1.03 3.22 5.6% 83.8% 2.8% 0.0% 13.9% Opponent 22 entries / match 7.4 Opponent 22 entries / match 7.2 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 France 58.6% 38.7% 40.1% 27.6% 21.1% 13.8% Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Metres carried / match 698 Metres carried / match 641 Line breaks / match 4.0 Line breaks / match 4.2 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 France % Tackles dominant % Turnover Tackles 10.9% 1.6% 10.1% 10.1% 1.6% % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles 80.7% 78.1% This stat shows the defensive strength and structure of the team through Dominant Tackles which put pressure on the attacking team ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 HEAD TO HEAD - France have won 19 of their 21 previous Six Nations matches against Italy (L2), including their last seven in a row, their two defeats in that time both came in Rome, in 2011 and 2013. - Italy have beaten France just three times in their Test rugby history (L41), losing their last 10 in a row against Les Bleus in all competitions. - France have led at halftime in each of their 10 previous Six Nations games against Italy in Rome (W8, L2), although their last five such meetings have seen the sides separated by fewer than 10 points at the break. - The biggest win in a match between these sides in the Six Nations came in Rome in 2005, with France securing a 43-point victory in the final round of fixtures (56-13). - A total of 57 points were scored when France (35) and Italy (22) last met in the Six Nations – only once since 2010 had a Championship fixture between the two sides yielded more points (58 in 2017). COMMON STATISTICS - France averaged the fewest 22 entries per game in last year’s Six Nations (7.2) but averaged the most points per entry of any team (3.2), while Italy recorded the second fewest 22 entries per game (7.4) and the fewest points per entry (1.0). - No one scored more tries than France in the 2020 Six Nations (17, same as Ireland), with six of those scored coming from kick returns, the most of any nation (Italy were the only side not to score a try from a kick return in 2020). - France (11) and Italy (10.2) conceded the most penalties per game in the Six Nations in 2020; France were awarded the fewest penalties on average (7.2) while only Ireland (11.2) were awarded more than the Azzurri (10, level with Scotland). - France crossed the gainline with 59% of their carries in the 2020 Six Nations, the best rate of any team, Italy recorded the lowest gainline success rate (39%). - France were the only side to record a 100% scrum success rate in the Six Nations in 2020, while Italy had the lowest success rate at that particular set piece (77%). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. 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PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs FRANCE GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2021 ITALY STATISTICS - Italy have lost their last 27 Six Nations matches, the longest losing streak in the competition’s history, their last victory came at BT Murrayfield against Scotland in 2015, their last home win was back in 2013 against Ireland. - Since bonus points for tries and losing margins were introduced to the Six Nations in 2017 Italy are the only side not to pick up a try scoring bonus point, in fact they have only picked up one losing bonus point in that time. - Italy’s Paolo Garbisi became the first player born since the Six Nations began (2000) to score a try in the Championship when he crossed against Ireland in October last year; the 20-year-old had also featured in the U20 Six Nations earlier in 2020. - Only Ireland (3,688) recorded more ball carry metres in the 2020 Six Nations than Italy (3,492), Italy also made the second most tackle breaks in the Championship last year (45, behind Ireland – 58). - Italy made just 51 handling errors during last year’s Six Nations, fewer than any other side in the tournament and were the only team to knock the ball on fewer than 20 times (14). FRANCE STATISTICS - France achieved a cumulative points difference of +31 in the first 20 minutes of their 2020 Six Nations matches, no other side managed a double-digit points difference in this time, Italy had a -39 difference in this first quarter. - France scored six tries in the opening 20 minutes of their matches during last year’s Six Nations, more than any other side, while Italy conceded the most tries in that same period (5). - France made 55 offloads in the Six Nations in 2020, more than any other side, despite making the fewest passes of any team during the tournament (547). - Charles Ollivon (France) was the top try scorer in last year’s Six Nations, crossing four times in total, the joint most ever by a forward in an edition of the Championship (since 2000) along with Imanol Harinordoquy (2004). - Bernard Le Roux (84) and Gregory Alldritt (81) were the top two tacklers in the 2020 Six Nations, while teammate Charles Ollivon ranked fourth (77, behind Maro Itoje - 80). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY STATISTICS ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT POINTS SCORED ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 Championship Statistic Team Rank Average Points scored 44 6 21.0 Points scored / match 8.8 6 21.0 Tries scored 6 6 2.47 Tries scored / match 1.20 6 2.47 % Points scored from tries 68.2% 1 59.0% Conversion success % 66.7% 5 76.7% Successful penalties / match 0.40 6 1.63 Penalty shot success % 50.0% 6 77.8% POINTS PER MATCH 22 17 5 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 L POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS 0'-10' 3 (6.8%) Try-From Counter Attack 2 (33.33%) 11'-20' 5 (11.4%) 21'-30' 10 (22.7%) Try-From Lineout 1 (16.67%) 31'-HT 0 (0.0%) HT-50' 0 (0.0%) Try-From Scrum 1 (16.67%) 51'-60' 7 (15.9%) 61'-70' 7 (15.9%) Try-From Turnover 2 (33.33%) 71'-80' 12 (27.3%) ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT KICKS AT GOAL ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 KICK LOCATIONS LAST 20 KICKS Opponent Minute Player England 19 Paolo Garbisi Conversion missed Ireland 80 Paolo Garbisi Conversion made 56 Paolo Garbisi Conversion made 4 Paolo Garbisi Penalty made Scotland 39 Tommaso Allan Penalty missed France 80 Carlo Canna Conversion missed 66 Tommaso Allan Conversion made 55 Tommaso Allan Penalty missed 29 Tommaso Allan Penalty made 26 Tommaso Allan Conversion made CONVERSIONS Carlo Canna Paolo Garbisi Tommaso Allan 1 (33.3%) Made: 0 Made: 2 Made: 2 1 (100.0%) 2 (100.0%) Rank: 12 Rank: 8 Rank: 8 2 (66.7%) PENALTY KICKS AT GOAL Paolo Garbisi Tommaso Allan 1 (33.3%) Made: 1 Made: 1 1 (100.0%) Rank: 7 Rank: 7 2 (66.7%) Ranks across total successful kicks ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020.