Overview
Ukraine are having a tough time in this year’s Nations League. After the first two matches, coach Serhiy Rebrov’s team lost to Albania and the Czech Republic. They scored only 3 goals and conceded 5.
At the FIFA Days in October, Ukraine was without a series of key players such as Zinchenko, Lunin, Mykolenko, Tsyhankov and Malinovskyi. If the results do not improve, Ukraine will face relegation.
On the other side of the front line, Georgia has shown progress in recent years. Starting from League D, they quickly rose 2 divisions to League B in just 3 seasons. In the first 2 rounds of the 2024-2025 Nations League, the Eastern European team played extremely impressively when defeating the Czech Republic 4-1, then defeating Albania with a minimal score.
Georgia have perhaps the best generation of players in their history. Coach Willy Sagnol has star player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia - a striker valued at around 80 million Euros from Napoli. Other notable players include Giorgi Kochorashvili, Georges Mikautadze, Zuriko Davitashvili and goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.
With their form on the rise, Georgia will be aiming for their third consecutive win to get closer to promotion to League A. Sagnol's team has done many miracles in recent times, and now it is entirely possible that they will have their first victory against Ukraine.
Ukraine are unbeaten in their last four meetings with Georgia, with two wins and two draws. And each team has scored in all four of those games.
This will be the first meeting between the two teams since a friendly in 2015, when Ukraine won 2-1. Overall, Ukraine are unbeaten in the previous nine meetings.
Human resources situation
Both teams will almost have their strongest force in this match. Therefore, this is predicted to be a good and balanced match.
Expected lineup:
Ukraine: Trubin, Mykolenko, Matviyenko, Zabarnyi, Tymchyk, Stepanenko, Mudryk, Zinchenko, Shaparneko, Yarmolenko, Vanat.
Georgia: Mamardashvili, Kakabadze, Dvali, Kashia, Kochiashvili, Kiteishvili, Chakvetadze, Lochos Chili, Gvelesiani, Kvaratskhelia, Mikautadze.
The match between Ukraine and Georgia takes place at 1:45 a.m. on October 12 (Vietnam time).
