It’s game three of the four-match series as Great Britain face Italy in Varese this afternoon at 16:30 (15:30 BST).
The two sides will also meet in the same venue on Tuesday (12th May) at 19:50 (18:50 BST) to complete the series.
GB and Italy have two wins each following last week’s matches in the UK.
Italy took game one with a 6-4 victory which was only secured with an empty-net goal by Tommaso de Luca with 26 seconds remaining. Earlier, Logan Neilson scored twice and there were also goals for Johnny Curran and Brett Perlini as GB led 2-0 and 4-3 at one stage.
At the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham on Saturday, first-period goals from Jack Hopkins and David Clements put GB into a two-goal lead. Tommy Purdeller closed the gap before Ollie Betteridge scored on his home ice and Curran wrapped the game up with an empty-netter as GB secured a 4-1 victory.
The games are part of preparations for GB and Italy for the World Championship which gets under way in Switzerland next weekend.
GB will face Austria, USA, Hungary, Switzerland, Finland, Latvia and Germany in the group stages at the 12,000-seater Swiss Life Arena in Zurich.
Group B – which is being held at the 9,000-seater BCF Arena in Fribourg, will see Italy face Canada, Sweden, Czechia, Denmark, Slovakia, Norway and Slovenia.
Team News
Following the withdrawal of Sean Norris from the squad because of injury, defenceman Archie Hazeldine and forward Ivan Björkly Nordström have both travelled to Italy and are available for selection.
Liam Kirk will not play this weekend in Italy and link-up with the squad in Switzerland. The full GB travelling party to Italy is as follows…
Focus on Italy
Italy have made a few changes to their roster following their trip to the UK last week which includes the addition of Ivan Deluca to their squad.
Their full roster for the two matches is as follows…
Netminders: Davide Fadani (Kloten/Svizzera), Colin Furlong (Rittner Buam), Jacob Smith (Angers Ducs/Francia). Defence: Pietro Olmo Albis (Ambrì Piotta/Svizzera), Carmine Buono (HC Gherdeina), Dylan Di Perna (HC Bolzana) , Gregorio Gios (HC Asiago), Gabriel Nitz (HC Bressanone), Phil Pietroniro (Rytiri Kladno/Repubblica Ceca), Filippo Rigoni (HC Asiago), Peter Spornberger (ERC Ingolstadt/Germania), Alex Trivellato (Schwenninger Wild Wings/Germania), Luca Zanatta (Val Pusteria). Forwards: Matthew Bradley (HC Bolzano), Tommaso De Luca (Ambrì Piotta/Svizzera), Ivan Deluca (Val Pusteria), Cristiano DiGiacinto (HC Bolzano), Luca Frigo (HC Bolzano), Mikael Frycklund (Val Pusteria), Niccolò Mansueto (HC Sierre/Svizzera), Daniel Mantenuto (HC Bolzano), Matthias Mantinger (Val Pusteria), Bryce Misley (HC Bolzano), Nicholas Porco (HC Asiago), Tommy Purdeller (Val Pusteria), Nick Saracino (Val Pusteria), Davide Schiavone (HC Gherdeina), Alessandro Segafredo (ZSC Lions/Svizzera), Marco Zanetti (HC Lugano/Svizzera.
Webcast and updates
The match is available on a live stream – with commentary from Ed Kimberley and Stu Coles – which can be purchased by clicking here. There is a discounted price if buying the dual away-game package to cover both matches.
There’ll be updates throughout the game on the Great Britain X account which can be followed here.
Four-Game Series schedule and results
Thursday 30th April: Great Britain 4-6 Italy at Planet Ice Milton Keynes
Saturday 2nd May: Great Britain 4-1 Italy at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Sunday 10th May 15:30 BST: Italy vs Great Britain in Varese
Tuesday 12th May 18:50 BST: Italy vs Great Britain in Varese