Luxembourg - Italy live - Football

Luxembourg host Italy on 3 June 2026 at Stade de Luxembourg in an international friendly - a match that places a historically dominant Azzurri side against hosts who famously denied them a win just days before the 2014 World Cup.

Match Info: Luxembourg vs Italy

The match kicks off on Wednesday, 3 June 2026 at 19:45 BST at the Stade de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City, part of the June international window as nations prepare for the next competitive cycle.

Where to Watch Luxembourg vs Italy?

Viewers in the United Kingdom do not have a dedicated domestic broadcast listed for this fixture. In Italy, the match is broadcast live on public television channel Rai 1, with a simultaneous free stream available on Rai Play. In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, DAZN holds exclusive streaming rights for the game.

French audiences can follow the match on L'Équipe Live Foot, while Portuguese fans have access via Sport TV3 on television and Sport TV Multiscreen online. In Croatia the game airs on Sportklub 6, in Greece on Nova Sports Prime, and in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia on Sport 2. Luxembourgish fans can watch locally on RTL 2.

American viewers have 3 streaming options - Fubo TV, Tubi, and VIX - plus Fubo Sports Network on cable. Across the Middle East and North Africa, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Arabia carries the broadcast, while sub-Saharan Africa is covered by DStv Now.

Luxembourg vs Italy - Match Preview

This June friendly at Stade de Luxembourg pits a resurgent Luxembourg side under Jeff Strasser against an Italy squad in transition - with the Azzurri using the match to evaluate emerging talent following their failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

Italy arrive having missed out on the 2026 World Cup - an outcome that continues a pattern of qualifying failures stretching back to 2018. The friendly is an opportunity for the coaching staff to assess fringe players ahead of the next European qualifying cycle, with several less-experienced names expected to feature. That experimental selection opens a genuine window for Luxembourg.

Luxembourg enter the fixture with real optimism following their March 2026 performances. Under new coach Jeff Strasser, they beat Malta home and away in the Nations League relegation playoff, securing survival in League C and giving Strasser his first wins in the role. The Red Lions name a strong, settled lineup led by the experienced Laurent Jans, who holds 122 international caps, and will look to repeat the exploit they achieved at Perugia in 2014.

Head-to-Head: Luxembourg vs Italy

Italy have not lost any of their last 8 matches against Luxembourg - winning 7 and drawing 1 - a record that reflects the gulf in quality between the sides, even if Luxembourg's one standout result came at the most dramatic moment imaginable.

Below are selected head-to-head meetings between these two nations:

• 4 June 2014 - International Friendly - Italy 1-1 Luxembourg (Perugia)
• 3 December 1977 - FIFA World Cup Qualifier - Italy 3-0 Luxembourg
• 16 October 1976 - FIFA World Cup Qualifier - Luxembourg 1-4 Italy

Luxembourg - Recent Form

Luxembourg go into this match with 2 wins and 3 defeats from their last 5 games - a record that reflects a difficult autumn in 2025 followed by a sharply improved spring in 2026.

October and November 2025 were tough: they lost 0-2 to Slovakia on the road on 13 October, fell 0-2 at home to Germany on 14 November, and suffered a 0-1 defeat away to Northern Ireland on 17 November. Three consecutive losses without scoring a single goal summed up a World Cup qualifying campaign in which Luxembourg collected no points from their group.

March 2026 brought a genuine turnaround. Luxembourg defeated Malta 2-0 away on 26 March, then won 3-0 at home on 31 March, completing a Nations League playoff double that secured their League C status. Those 5 goals in 2 games, and Strasser's first 2 wins as manager, sent the squad into this Italy friendly with confidence and momentum.

Italy - Recent Form

Italy have recorded 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches, scoring 9 goals and conceding 6 - a team with clear attacking quality but ongoing defensive vulnerability.

The autumn 2025 window showed the extremes: a composed 3-0 win over Israel on 14 October and a 2-0 victory in Moldova on 13 November were encouraging, but a sobering 1-4 home defeat to Norway on 16 November exposed Italy's fragility at the back and reignited calls for structural defensive change.

March 2026 was steadier: a 2-0 home win over Northern Ireland on 26 March, followed by a 1-1 draw away to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 31 March. That draw sealed Italy's elimination from World Cup qualifying, adding to a growing list of missed tournaments that has become the defining storyline of Italian football since 2018.

Facts and Statistics

5 notable facts about this fixture ahead of the 3 June 2026 meeting:

• Italy are unbeaten in their last 8 meetings with Luxembourg, with 7 wins and 1 draw.
• Luxembourg's only positive result was the 1-1 friendly draw in Perugia on 4 June 2014, days before Italy's World Cup opener in Brazil.
• Before that 2014 draw, Luxembourg had lost 5 consecutive matches against Italy, conceding an average of approximately 3 goals per game.
• This is the first meeting between the two sides at Stade de Luxembourg - previous fixtures were played on neutral or Italian soil.
• Italy failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, extending their absence from the tournament that began with the 2018 qualification failure.