Israel and Italy return to action in Group I of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers when they square off at Nagyerdei Stadion on Monday. Gennaro Gattuso's men head into the game on a run of four consecutive victories over the hosts and will be looking to extend this dominant streak.

Israel maintained their fine run of results in the World Cup qualifiers on Friday when they cruised to a 4-0 victory over Moldova at the Zimbru Stadium.

Ran Ben Simon's side have won three of their four qualifying matches, scoring 11 goals and conceding six, with their only defeat coming back in March, when they were beaten 4-2 by Norway on home turf.

With nine points from a possible 12, Israel are currently second in the Group I table, three points off first-placed Norway and three above Italy, who have one game in hand.

Like the home side, Gattuso's men turned in a performance of the highest quality last time out as they picked up a 5-0 victory over Estonia at the Gewiss Stadium.

Before that, Italy kicked off their qualifying campaign with a 3-0 defeat against Norway on June 6, three days before bouncing back in a 2-0 win over Moldova.

Italy will be backing themselves to make it three wins on the trot in Group I as they take on an opposing side who have lost each of their most recent four encounters, conceding 10 and scoring three since September 2016.

Off the back of a five-star display against Estonia, Italy will head into Monday's game with confidence as they face a sterner challenge in a well-drilled Israel side.

While we expect the hosts to put up a fight, we predict Italy will continue from where they dropped off at the weekend and make it three wins from three.

Tip 2: First to score - Italy (Italy have opened the scoring in four of their last five games against Israel)

Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have also been fewer than five bookings in the last five meetings between the two nations)