Italy v Scotland Six Nations team lineups and how to watch

Italy take on Scotland in the Six Nations this weekend. Both sides are out of contention for the title. Italy are looking for their first victory in this tournament since 2015. Scotland are on the verge of the Wooden Spoon.

Italy v Scotland is the second of the Round Four matches and will kick off on March 12 at 14:15 UK time. Stadio Olimpico in Rome will be the venue for the fixture. Scotland secured a dominant 52-10 victory over Italy at Murrayfield in last year’s Six Nations. The last meeting in Italy was in 2020 and the Scots won 17-0.

Scotland make five changes to the team that lost to France. Matt Fagerson returns from injury and Kyle Steyn replaces the suspended Duhan van der Merwe on the wing.

Stuart Hogg is starting XV for the match against South Africa.

Italy lost 57-6 to Ireland and had to play an hour of the match with 13 men. Italy are unchanged from the side that lost to the Irish. Scotland have made several changes to their team.

Italy's starting XV is Edoardo Padovani, Pierre Bruno, Ignacio Brex, Leonardo Marin, Monty Ioane, Paolo Garbisi, Callum Braley, Toa Halafihi, Michele Lamaro, Giovanni Pettinelli, Federico Ruzza, Niccolò Cannone, Pietro Ceccarelli, Giacomo Nicotera, Danilo Fischetti. Scotland's team is: Callums Brale,

Italy's team for the Six Nations match against Scotland is: Luca Bigi, Ivan Nemer, Giosuè Zilocchi, David Sisi, Manuel Zuliani, Alessandro Fusco, Marco Zanon, Ange Capuozzo.

The build-up starts from 13:30 and the match starts at 14:00. The game is being shown live on ITV1/STV and can be streamed via ITV Player/ STV Player.

Scotland are heavy favourites to win the match. Italy are 9/1. The unlikely event of a draw can be backed at 40/1000. Scotland to beat Italy by a 1 to 12 point margin is 11/4.

Italy and Scotland are playing in the Six Nations.