Belgium vs Italy: Nations League Showdown – Lineups, Injuries, and How to Watch

The highly anticipated UEFA Nations League match between Belgium and Italy is set to take place on Thursday, November 14, at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. Italy, under the management of Luciano Spalletti, is aiming to secure a spot in the Nations League quarter-finals and needs only one point from their remaining two games to achieve this goal.

Belgium, managed by Domenico Tedesco, will be without several key players due to injuries, including Kevin De Bruyne, Thomas Meunier, Jeremy Doku, Charles De Ketelaere, Youri Tielemans, and Malick Fofana. However, they welcome back Napoli striker Romelu Lukaku, who has been out to regain full fitness after missing the pre-season at Chelsea.

Italy will also face some challenges with injuries, as they will be without Samuele Ricci, Riccardo Calafiori, Giorgio Scalvini, and Gianluca Scamacca. Despite these absences, Italy is expected to field a strong lineup, with Nicolò Barella returning after missing the last four games. Barella will play in a more advanced role to support Mateo Retegui, while Nicolò Rovella is set to make his senior Italy debut.

The probable lineups for the match are as follows: Belgium is likely to start with a 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Casteels; Debast, Faes, Theate, Castagne; Mangala, Onana; Bakayoko, Trossard, De Cuyper; Lukaku. Italy will adopt a 3-5-1-1 formation with Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Bastoni; Cambiaso, Frattesi, Rovella, Tonali, Dimarco; Barella; Retegui.

The match will be available to stream online in the USA on platforms such as Fubo, Tubi, and ViX. For viewers in Italy, the game can be watched on Rai or RaiPlay, while it will not be televised in the UK but can be streamed for free on the ViaPlay international YouTube channel.

Given the current form and team dynamics, Italy is favored to secure the necessary point to advance to the quarter-finals, although Belgium is expected to put up a strong fight despite their injury woes.