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Team Italy PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 ROUND 5 Team Italy PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 RESULTS ITALY ENGLAND Round Opponent Score Round Opponent Score 1 Wales 0-42 L 1 France 17-24 L 2 France 22-35 L 2 Scotland 13-6 W 3 Scotland 0-17 L 3 Ireland 24-12 W 4 Ireland 17-50 L 4 Wales 33-30 W HOME TEAM HOME RANK FOR AWAY TEAM AWAY RANK 39 6 POINTS 87 4 9.8 6 POINTS / MATCH 21.8 4 5 6 TRIES SCORED 9 4 1.25 6 TRIES SCORED / MATCH 2.25 4 64.1% 2 % POINTS SCORED FROM TRIES 51.7% 5 AGAINST 144 1 POINTS CONCEDED 72 4 36.0 1 POINTS CONCEDED / MATCH 18.0 4 20 1 TRIES CONCEDED 8 4 5.0 1 TRIES CONCEDED / MATCH 2.00 4 69.4% 1 % POINTS CONCEDED FROM TRIES 55.6% 3 TYPES OF PLAY Italy England 52.1% 48.2% 41.5% 37.5% 14.3% 6.4% Kick Ball Carry Passes Kick Ball Carry Passes HOME TEAM PLAYER LEADERS AWAY TEAM Paolo Garbisi 12 POINTS Owen Farrell 39 Edoardo Padovani 1 TRIES SCORED Elliot Daly 2 Jayden Hayward 2 TRY ASSISTS George Ford 4 Jake Polledri 49 CARRIES Tom Curry 39 Mattia Bellini 319.7 METRES CARRIED Jonny May 189.9 Matteo Minozzi 9 OFFLOADS Ben Youngs 5 Jake Polledri 62 SUCCESSFUL TACKLES Maro Itoje 71 Niccolo Cannone 6 DOMINANT TACKLES Maro Itoje 20 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 OPPONENT 22 ENTRIES Italy England Try & Conversion Scored Try & Missed Conversion 13.3% Penalty Try Scored 31.0% 0.0% Penalty Shot Scored Points / Points / Drop Goal Scored Opp 22 Entry: Opp 22 Entry: Other Opp 22 Entries 1.10 2.48 58.6% 0.0% 10.3% 83.3% 0.0% Opponent 22 entries / match 7.5 Opponent 22 entries / match 7.3 Rank 4 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 calcu- lated per ‘play’ and not simply crossing the 22m line on multiple occasions in a play. POWER GAME Italy England 48.2% 39.3% 39.3% 29.6% 21.4% 22.3% Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Gainline Forwards Gainline Static Gainline Backward Metres carried / match 781 Metres carried / match 493 Line breaks / match 4.0 Line breaks / match 2.5 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 England % Tackles dominant 8.5% 10.9% 1.6% 13.9% % Turnover Tackles 2.3% % Other Made Tackles % Missed Tackles 81.2% 75.3% 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 ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 HEAD TO HEAD - England have won all 26 of their matches against Italy, including 20 meetings in the Six Nations, England are the only side the Italians have failed to beat since joining the Championship in 2000. - England have scored 4+ tries in each of their last six Six Nations matches against Italy, with an average winning margin of 33 points across those six victories. - Italy have finished within seven points of England on four occasions in the Six Nations, with three of those instances occurring in Rome (2008, 2010 and 2012, also once at Twickenham in 2013). - England have scored 19 tries across their last three trips to Rome in the Six Nations, crossing at least five times in each of those matches, this after scoring just four in total in their three away games against Italy immediately before that run. - The biggest victory in the Six Nations came in 2001, when England defeated Italy 80-23 at Twickenham. England would go on to win the title that year, finishing ahead of Ireland on points difference. COMMON STATISTICS - Only England (7.3) have averaged fewer entries into the opposition 22 per game than Italy (7.5) in the Six Nations this year, however Eddie Jones side have averaged over twice as many points per entry (2.5) than Italy (1.1). - England have made 107 dominant tackles in the 2020 Six Nations, the only side to reach triple figures in this critical area, Italy (49) are the only side not to tally at least 50. - Italy have recorded more running metres (3,123) than any other side in this year’s Six Nations, while England have tallied the fewest after four rounds (1,973). - England have opted to kick on 138 occasions in the 2020 Six Nations, the most of any side, while Italy have kicked the least of- ten in the Championship this year (81). - Only Wales (48) have made more offloads in the Championship this year than Italy (45), while England have made the joint fewest (17, level with Scotland). ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT ITALY vs ENGLAND GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 ITALY STATISTICS - Italy’s last win in Rome in the Six Nations came in 2013, when they beat Ireland 22-15, keeping the visitors tryless as Luciano Orquera contributed 14 points with his boot (also Giovanbattista Venditti try and Gonzalo Garcia penalty goal). - Italy have lost each of their 26 games in the Six Nations since beating Scotland in 2015, the longest losing run by any side in Five/Six Nations history; only on two occasions in that spell have Italy lost by a single figure margin (v France 2016, v Scotland 2018). - After defeat to Ireland last weekend, Italy are assured of a 15th Wooden Spoon and a fifth in a row, the last time England fin- ished bottom of the pile in the Championship was in 1987. - Jake Polledri has made the most tackle breaks (9) of any player at the 2020 Six Nations, he’s also made the most offloads of any forward (8) and fourth-most carries overall (49). - Matteo Minozzi joins back up with Italy for this match, he has made the most offloads (9) of any player in the tournament. ENGLAND STATISTICS - England have converted all nine of the tries they have scored at the 2020 Six Nations, the only side in the Championship with a 100% success rate after scoring a 5-pointer. - Two-thirds of England’s tries at the 2020 Six Nations have originated from a lineout (6/9), the highest ratio of any side. - England have made fewer carries (363) than any other side at the 2020 Six Nations, as well as fewer metres with the ball in hand (1,973). - Maro Itoje has made 20 dominant tackles in the 2020 Six Nations, seven more than any player from any side, Sam Underhill has made the joint third most (11); Itoje also tops the rankings for arrivals at attacking rucks (135). - George Ford has made the most kicks (44) and tallied the most kicking metres (1,475) of any player at the 2020 Six Nations. ©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 Statistic Team Rank Championship Average Points scored 39 6 21.1 Points scored / match 9.8 6 21.1 Tries scored 5 6 2.46 Tries scored / match 1.25 6 2.46 % Points scored from tries 64.1% 2 58.3% Conversion success % 80.0% 3 79.7% Successful penalties / match 0.50 6 1.63 Penalty shot success % 50.0% 6 76.5% POINTS PER MATCH 22 17 0 0 1 2 3 4 L POINTS - TIMING TRY ORIGINS 0'-10' 3 (7.7%) Try-From Counter Attack 1 (20.00%) 11'-20' 0 (0.0%) 21'-30' 10 (25.6%) Try-From Lineout 1 (20.00%) 31'-HT 0 (0.0%) HT-50' 0 (0.0%) Try-From Scrum 1 (20.00%) 51'-60' 7 (17.9%) 61'-70' 7 (17.9%) Try-From Turnover 2 (40.00%) 71'-80' 12 (30.8%) ©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 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 Made: 0 Made: 2 Made: 2 1 (100.0%) 2 (100.0%) 2 (100.0%) Rank: 12 Rank: 8 Rank: 8 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. All rights reserved. PRE-MATCH REPORT PLAYER SCORING STATISTICS ITALY - GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2020 GP MP Points Points / 80 Tries Con Pen Drop Alessandro Zanni 2 90 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Andrea Lovotti 3 156 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Braam Steyn 4 320 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Callum Braley 4 201 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Carlo Canna 4 320 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Danilo Fischetti 4 131 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 David Sisi 1 34 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Dean Budd 3 123 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Edoardo Padovani 1 80 5 5.0 1 0 0 0 Federico Mori 1 27 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Federico Ruzza 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Federico Zani 3 42 5 9.5 1 0 0 0 Gianmarco Lucchesi 1 34 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Giosue Zilocchi 4 200 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Giovanni Licata 3 90 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Giulio Bisegni 2 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Guglielmo Palazzani 3 50 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jake Polledri 4 301 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jayden Hayward 4 264 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Tuivaiti 1 19 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Johan Meyer 1 19 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Leonardo Sarto 1 56 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Luca Bigi 4 242 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Luca Morisi 4 293 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Marcello Violi 1 70 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Marco Lazzaroni 3 107 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Marco Riccioni 3 87 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Matteo Minozzi 3 240 5 1.7 1 0 0 0 Mattia Bellini 4 314 5 1.3 1 0 0 0 Maxime Mbanda 1 15 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Niccolo Cannone 4 265 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Paolo Garbisi 1 80 12 12.0 1 2 1 0 Pietro Ceccarelli 1 34 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Sebastian Negri 4 216 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Simone Ferrari 1 34 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Tommaso Allan 3 229 7 2.4 0 2 1 0 ©Copyright Stats Perform 2020.