Italy v Ukraine LIVE: Luciano Spalletti's side bid for home win to boost flagging Euro 2024 qualifying campaign

Vladyslav Vanat with a late chance to rescue Ukraine, but his effort is a few yards wide. The last chance of a frantic second half and it is Italy who claim the three points. They move back into second spot in Group C, six points behind leaders England.

Italy clinging to this late lead in Milan. Can Ukraine pull this out of the fire?

Giovanni Di Lorenzo powers a header over from the Cristiano Biraghi delivery.

Mykhailo Mudryk crosses for Yukhym Konoplya to power a header just wide of the goal. How close was that.

Bryan Cristante replaces Nicolò Barella for Italy, while Serhii Sydorchuk is on for Taras Stepanenko for Ukraine.

Mykhailo Mudryk decides to try his luck from 22 yards, but lifts the ball over the bar. Relief for Italian fans.

Illia Zabarnyi is yellow carded for a poor challenge on Mateo Retegui.

Cristiano Biraghi looks to inject some venom into the effort from distance, but never going to trouble the keeper with that as ball flies wide.

Vitalii Buyalskyi replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko as Vladyslav Vanat takes over from Viktor Tsygankov. Heading for final 15 minutes.

Viktor Tsygankov provides a header at the home goal, but ball is wide of the target. Ukraine much more livelier in this second period.

Hot old night in Milan. And at 2-1, this game is not over. Riccardo Orsolini replaces Nicolò Zaniolo with Mateo Retegui on for Giacomo Raspadori.

Not sure how Italy haven't put this match to bed with Manuel Locatelli seeing his shot coming back off the Ukraine bar. The visitors living on the edge here.

Some neat passing play before Nicolò Zaniolo sees his shot blocked from outside the box by the diving stop of Georgiy Bushchan.

The home side win a few corners before the latest move ends with Giorgio Scalvin heading over the bar from the Cristiano Biraghi cross.

Yukhym Konoplya is penalised for a poor challenge on Wilfried Gnont as Italy threatened to break at pace.

That looked a certain Italian goal as Giacomo Raspadori gets his shot away inside the area, but Georgiy Bushchan gets down to nudge that past the post. Brilliant stop really.

Mykhailo Mudryk replaces Andrii Yarmolenko, while Roman Yaremchuk is on for Artem Dovbyk.

Cristiano Biraghi replaces Federico Dimarco as Wilfried Gnonto takes over from Mattia Zaccagni for the home side.

Both sides resisting the opportunity to make alterations at half-time, but looks like there might be some movement coming soon.

Andrii Yarmolenko takes out Nicolò Zaniolo with a late challenge. Italy will take those all night long in their own half.