Italy’s World Cup qualification hopes are resting on the team clinching victory in Moldova on Thursday.
How to Watch Moldova vs Italy
- Date: Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025
- Time: 2:30 PM EDT
- Channel: fubo Sports Network
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Four-time World Cup-winner Italy has no choice but to beat Moldova on Thursday if it’s to realistically keep alive its chances of an automatic spot at next year’s competition in the United States. The Azzurri enter their final batch of pool fixtures at three points off Norway in Group I, not to mention what’s likely an insurmountable gulf in goal difference playing in Norway’s favor.
A singular defeat to the Norwegians back in June could end up telling the tale in Group I, with Italy having won each of its five other qualifiers thus far in the campaign. The top two teams in Group I are set to collide on the final day of UEFA qualifying, and Italy will want to head into that matchup with the best chance possible of potentially pulling off a late leap into first place.
Anything but a win in Chisinau will mean that first place is no longer viable should Norway also defeat Estonia, as expected, on Thursday. Not only that, but Gennaro Gattuso’s men could do with putting on a clinic and building up their own goal difference with a dominant victory at Simbru Stadium.
Second place and a spot in the play-offs are otherwise guaranteed for Italy, though the nation won’t want to take any chances after missing out on each of the last two World Cups.
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