Italy Shots on Target Stats 2026

Italy Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

Italy are averaging 5.2 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 9.5 total SOT on average. That puts them 14th of 54 for team SOT per match among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against France, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Italy players hit the most shots on target?

Pio Esposito leads with 15 shots on target across 10 qualifying appearances (1.5/g, 90% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Italy player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Italy's SOT profile look this season?

Italy are averaging 5.2 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 4.3 for a match-total of 9.5. That ranks 14th of 54 for team SOT among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. They take 16 shots per game and create 12.4 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against France, the page weights each Italy attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Italy take 16 shots per game and put 5.2 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Italy fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Italy are currently converting 31% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Italy player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Moise Kean	attacker	4	7	1.75	100%
Nicolò Cambiaghi	attacker	2	2	1	100%
Pio Esposito	attacker	10	15	1.5	90%
Mateo Retegui	attacker	4	4	1	75%
Federico Dimarco	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Giacomo Raspadori	attacker	2	2	1	50%
Gianluca Scamacca	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Alessandro Romano	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Issa Doumbia	midfielder	2	2	1	50%
Luca Koleosho	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Riccardo Calafiori	defender	5	2	0.4	40%
Gianluca Mancini	defender	6	2	0.33	33%
Alessandro Bastoni	defender	6	2	0.33	33%
Bryan Cristante	midfielder	3	1	0.33	33%
Manuel Locatelli	midfielder	3	1	0.33	33%
Michael Kayode	defender	3	3	1	33%
Sandro Tonali	midfielder	7	2	0.29	29%
Davide Frattesi	midfielder	5	1	0.2	20%
Gianluigi Donnarumma	goalkeeper	9	0	0	0%
Nicolò Barella	midfielder	6	0	0	0%
Matteo Politano	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	defender	3	0	0	0%
Giorgio Scalvini	defender	3	0	0	0%
Federico Gatti	defender	2	0	0	0%
Matteo Ruggeri	defender	2	0	0	0%

Italy shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
5 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Turkey	Home	3-1	6	5	11	Issa Doumbia (2)
2 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	France	Away	1-1	2	8	10	Alessandro Bastoni (1)
28 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Turkey	Away	1-4	8	3	11	Michael Kayode (3)
25 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Belgium	Home	0-2	6	8	14	Pio Esposito (2)
7 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Greece	Away	0-1	3	0	3	Pio Esposito (2)
3 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Luxembourg	Away	0-1	3	1	4	Pio Esposito (2)
31 Mar 2026	WC Qualification Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Away	1-1	3	11	14	Mateo Retegui (1)
26 Mar 2026	WC Qualification Europe	Northern Ireland	Home	2-0	8	1	9	Moise Kean (3)
16 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Norway	Home	1-4	4	5	9	Pio Esposito (2)
13 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Moldova	Away	0-2	9	1	10	Mateo Retegui (2)

Italy shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 5.2
Shots on target against per game: 4.3
Match total shots on target per game: 9.5
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 6 of 54

Italy Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	6	100%	100%	75%	75%	25%
Away	6	4.67	83%	33%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	10	5.2	90%	60%	50%	50%	30%

Italy Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	4.75	75%	75%	75%	25%	25%
Away	6	4	50%	33%	33%	33%	33%
Overall	10	4.3	60%	50%	50%	30%	30%

Italy Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	4	10.75	100%	100%	100%	50%	50%
Away	6	8.67	67%	67%	67%	67%	33%
Overall	10	9.5	80%	80%	80%	60%	40%

Italy Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	5.2	6	4.67
Total shots / match	16	17.5	15
Share of shots on target	33%	34%	31%
Goals per shot on target	31%	25%	36%
Shots on target per goal	3.3	4	2.8
Shots on target over 2.5	90%	100%	83%
Shots on target over 3.5	60%	100%	33%
Shots on target over 4.5	50%	75%	33%
Shots on target over 5.5	50%	75%	33%
Shots on target over 6.5	30%	25%	33%

Italy Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	4.3	4.75	4
Shots on target against over 2.5	60%	75%	50%
Shots on target against over 3.5	50%	75%	33%
Shots on target against over 4.5	50%	75%	33%
Shots on target against over 5.5	30%	25%	33%
Shots on target against over 6.5	30%	25%	33%

Italy Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	9.5	10.75	8.67
Match shots on target over 6.5	80%	100%	67%
Match shots on target over 7.5	80%	100%	67%
Match shots on target over 8.5	80%	100%	67%
Match shots on target over 9.5	60%	50%	67%
Match shots on target over 10.5	40%	50%	33%

Italy 1st-half shots on target for 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	1.5	50%	0%	0%
Away	4	2.25	100%	25%	0%
Overall	6	2	83%	17%	0%

Italy 1st-half shots on target against 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	0.5	0%	0%	0%
Away	4	1	25%	25%	25%
Overall	6	0.83	17%	17%	17%

Italy 1st-half match total 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	2	2	50%	0%	0%	0%
Away	4	3.25	50%	25%	25%	25%
Overall	6	2.83	50%	17%	17%	17%

Italy shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
5 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Turkey (H)	3-1	6	5	11	-
2 Oct	UEFA Nations League	France (A)	1-1	2	8	10	-
28 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Turkey (A)	1-4	8	3	11	-
25 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Belgium (H)	0-2	6	8	14	-
7 Jun	Friendly International	Greece (A)	0-1	3	0	3	2
3 Jun	Friendly International	Luxembourg (A)	0-1	3	1	4	2
31 Mar	WC Qualification Europe	Bosnia (A)	1-1	3	11	14	6
26 Mar	WC Qualification Europe	Northern Ireland (H)	2-0	8	1	9	3
16 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Norway (H)	1-4	4	5	9	1
13 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Moldova (A)	0-2	9	1	10	3

UEFA Nations League shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Belgium	14	6	4.43	10.43	79%
2	Serbia	8	3.63	6.63	10.25	75%
3	Bulgaria	7	6	4.14	10.14	43%
4	Sweden	12	4.83	5	9.83	58%
5	Denmark	7	5.43	4.14	9.57	57%
6	Italy	8	4.88	4.63	9.5	75%
7	France	16	6.56	2.88	9.44	63%
8	Norway	14	4.36	5.07	9.43	71%
9	England	15	6.4	3	9.4	53%
10	Netherlands	12	5.67	3.67	9.33	58%
11	Turkey	11	4.45	4.82	9.27	64%
12	Germany	12	6.5	2.67	9.17	58%
13	Slovakia	7	5.86	3.29	9.14	71%
14	Switzerland	13	5.62	3.46	9.08	69%
15	Poland	8	5.63	3.38	9	50%
16	Czech Republic	9	3	5.78	8.78	56%
17	Luxembourg	7	3.43	5.29	8.71	57%
18	Scotland	10	4.8	3.9	8.7	60%
19	Malta	8	4.5	4.13	8.63	63%
20	Iceland	8	3.38	5.25	8.63	50%
21	Kosovo	8	4.38	4.13	8.5	50%
22	Wales	8	3.63	4.88	8.5	25%
23	Romania	8	3.13	5.38	8.5	50%
24	Croatia	11	3.45	5	8.45	55%
25	Portugal	13	4.92	3.46	8.38	46%
26	Slovenia	7	3.57	4.71	8.29	57%
27	Finland	7	4.29	3.86	8.14	43%
28	Spain	15	6.4	1.73	8.13	53%
29	Kazakhstan	6	2.67	5.33	8	33%
30	San Marino	6	2.33	5.67	8	50%
31	Azerbaijan	7	5.14	2.71	7.86	43%
32	Belarus	6	4.83	3	7.83	33%
33	Austria	11	4.18	3.55	7.73	36%
34	Montenegro	8	4.75	2.88	7.63	13%
35	North Macedonia	7	0.71	6.86	7.57	57%
36	Moldova	7	3.71	3.71	7.43	29%
37	Estonia	5	3.6	3.8	7.4	40%
38	Cyprus	8	4.5	2.88	7.38	38%
39	Northern Ireland	8	3.38	4	7.38	38%
40	Lithuania	6	4	3.33	7.33	17%
41	Greece	8	3.25	4	7.25	38%
42	Republic of Ireland	9	4.11	3.11	7.22	33%
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	3.75	3.42	7.17	25%
44	Albania	7	3.71	3.43	7.14	29%
45	Gibraltar	7	4.14	2.86	7	29%
46	Georgia	8	3.88	3.13	7	25%
47	Andorra	8	2.5	4.38	6.88	25%
48	Armenia	7	3.86	3	6.86	14%
49	Hungary	8	4	2.75	6.75	13%
50	Faroe Islands	4	4	2.75	6.75	25%
51	Israel	6	2.67	3.83	6.5	17%
52	Ukraine	7	3.29	3.14	6.43	0%
53	Latvia	6	1.83	4.17	6	0%
54	Liechtenstein	7	0.57	4.29	4.86	0%

Italy shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	12	5.25	4.5	9.75	67%
Vs top half	12	5.25	4.5	9.75	67%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Italy shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
UEFA Nations League	2026/2027	4	5.5	6	11.5	100%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	10	6.7	4.1	10.8	80%
Friendly International	2026	2	3	0.5	3.5	0%
UEFA Nations League	2024/2025	8	5.13	3.75	8.88	50%

Italy next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Thu 12 Nov 19:45	France (home)	9	6.75	2.25	8	5.5	2.5
Sun 15 Nov 19:45	Belgium (away)	12.75	5.5	7.25	13.5	6	7.5

Italy players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Pio Esposito	attacker	7	8	88%
2	Moise Kean	attacker	4	4	100%
3	Mateo Retegui	attacker	2	2	100%
4	Nicolò Cambiaghi	attacker	2	2	100%
5	Alessandro Bastoni	defender	2	5	40%

Italy players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Pio Esposito	attacker	4	8	50%
2	Moise Kean	attacker	2	4	50%
3	Michael Kayode	defender	1	3	33%
4	Issa Doumbia	midfielder	1	4	25%

Italy players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Michael Kayode	defender	1	3	33%
2	Moise Kean	attacker	1	4	25%

France shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
5 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Belgium (H)	4-1	8	2	10	-
2 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Italy (H)	1-1	8	2	10	-
28 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Belgium (A)	0-1	7	2	9	-
25 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Turkey (A)	0-1	4	3	7	-
18 Jul	World Cup	England (H)	4-6	9	11	20	9
14 Jul	World Cup	Spain (H)	0-2	3	2	5	1
9 Jul	World Cup	Morocco (H)	2-0	8	1	9	3
4 Jul	World Cup	Paraguay (A)	0-1	5	0	5	1
30 Jun	World Cup	Sweden (H)	3-0	12	3	15	7
26 Jun	World Cup	Norway (A)	1-4	9	4	13	10