Broadcast listings: Poland vs Italy available to watch live in 160+ countries on October 11

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After comfortable wins in their respective warm-up friendly matches, both Poland and Italy will be looking to pick up all three points as they lock horns on Sunday, October 11.

Preview: Poland vs Italy

The hosts come into this match having cruised to a comfortable 5-1 win over Finland. West Brom midfielder Kamil Grosicki netted his first hat-trick of his international career, while Hertha Berlin's Krzysztof Piątek and Napoli's Arkadiusz Milik completed the rout with a goal each in the second half. After starting off their 2020/2021 Nations League campaign on the back foot following a narrow 1-0 loss to the Netherlands, the Eagles rebounded by coming from behind against Bosnia to secure a vital 2-1 victory.

Meanwhile, their upcoming opponents Italy currently sit top of their quartet with four points from their first two games. The Azzurri opened proceedings in this tournament with a frustrating draw against Bosnia, before battling to a slim 1-0 win over the Netherlands in a crunch clash between the two sides. Like the Eagles, Italy had no issues in their recent friendly against another minnow, with Moldova being no match as Roberto Mancini's men crushed them in a 6-0 resounding win.

Notably, players like Shanghai Shenhua's Stephan El Shaarawy, who has floated in and out of the team for the past few years was able to get himself on the score sheet. In addition, Sassuolo's Domenico Berardi and Francesco Caputo both scored their debut senior goals as well as Roma midfielder Bryan Cristante.

However, both sides will be expected to rotate their respective squads, with Robert Lewandowski expected to return to the starting XI as the hosts look to make it back to back wins in the Nations League. Likewise, last season's Capocannoniere and European Golden Shoe winner Ciro Immobile will definitely spearhead the attack as he's currently the top goalscorer in Mancini's squad.

Team news: Poland vs Italy

Poland: Both Artur Jędrzejczyk and Przemysław Frankowski suffered injuries during the team's 5-1 friendly win over Finland and so will not be available. In addition, Maciej Rybus and Piotr Zieliński have withdrawn from the squad due to COVID-19. However star striker and skipper Robert Lewandowski will be involved in this crucial tie after missing out on the team's friendly match against Finland.

Italy: Nicolo Zaniolo, Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi are all out injured. Meanwhile, Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini will return to the fold after not featuring in the team's recent win over Moldova.

Match facts: Poland vs Italy

Poland had a very successful EURO 2020 (now EURO 2021 due to COVID-19) qualifying campaign, with eight wins from their ten matches to secure a ticket as Group G's winners
However, Italy topped that, with a perfect ten wins out of ten and conceded just four goals en route to booking their spot at EURO 2021
The Azzurri are also unbeaten in their last 17 games since being defeated by Portugal in the 2018/2019 Nations League (W14 D3)