Norway vs Italy: Preview, kick-off time and where to watch the Women's EURO 2025 on TV and online

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Italy will compete with Norway for a place in the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's EURO 2025, knowing that getting out of Group B was the primary aim for the tournament.

The Azzurre qualified for the quarter-finals in second place, finishing behind Spain. The 1-0 win against Belgium set them on the right path, but a draw against Portugal meant that elimination was still a possibility against Spain. Losing 3-1 to the world champions could have spelled trouble, but Belgium did Italy a favour and beat Portugal.

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Italy's Elisabetta Oliviero shoots against Spain. [@AzzurreFIGC]

Andrea Soncin's side is yet to produce a genuinely eye-catching display, but small patches of impressive play across the three group matches mean there is cautious optimism against a Norway side which won all three games in Group A, but did not impress in the process. The Norwegians certainly have the more star-studded squad, but question marks remain over their togetherness as a group.

The winner of this tie will face either Sweden or England in the semi-final.

Norway vs Italy: Predicted line-ups

One blow for Norway coach Gemma Grainger is that defender Marit Lund is suspended against Italy, having picked up a late red card against Iceland. A handful of important players like Ada Hegerberg, Guro Reiten, Ingrid Engen and Thea Bjelde were rested for that match and are expected to come back into the starting lineup, along with Barcelona's Caroline Graham Hansen.

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Italy's Martina Lenzini battles Spain's Salma Paralluelo. [@AzzurreFIGC]

Andrea Soncin threw a curveball with his lineup choice against Spain, but the general expectation is that he will revert back to the team used in the first two matches of the group stage, albeit with a couple of potential personnel changes. He will have to decide whether Lucia Di Guglielmo and Emma Severini can come back into the side, whilst Giada Greggi is still looking for her first start of the tournament.

Norway predicted XI vs Italy (4-3-3): Fiskerstand; Bjelde, Mjelde, Harviken, Hansen; Boe Risa, Maanum, Engen; Graham Hansen, Reiten, Hegerberg.

Italy predicted XI vs Norway (3-5-2): Giuliani; Lenzini, Salvai, Linari; Di Guglielmo, Caruso, Giugliano, Severini, Boattin; Cantore, Girelli.

Norway vs Italy: When does the Women’s EURO 2025 fixture start?

The Women’s EURO 2025 quarter-final fixture of Norway vs Italy is set to kick off at 21:00 CEST, local time in Geneva, Switzerland. That makes the game a 20:00 BST kick-off in Britain and Ireland on the evening of Wednesday, July 16.

For those watching Women’s EURO 2025 fixture of Norway vs Italy in the United States of America, the game kicks off at 15:00 EDT / 12:00 PDT.

Norway vs Italy: Where to watch the Women’s EURO 2025 fixture?

The Women’s EURO 2025 fixture of Norway vs Italy on Wednesday evening can be watched in Britain on BBC ONE and the BBC iPlayer. Norway vs Italy is on RTE 2 in Ireland and on the RTE Player.

In the United States of America, Women’s EURO 2025 fixture of Norway vs Italy is on fuboTV and Fox Sports, as well as on ViX and TUDN.

You can watch the Norway vs Italy Women’s EURO 2025 match on RAI 2 and RAI Play in Italy.