Ukraine face Georgia in the Nations League in Group 1 of League B. Georgia sit top of the group with Ukraine currently last. Georgia have won 2/2 whilst Ukraine have lost both of their games disappointingly leaving them in need of a positive result in this game.
The Georgian’s will be full of confidence after a convincing 4-1 win over Czech Republic which they followed up with a comfortable 1-0 win over Albania. Georgia had a good Euros reaching the quarter finals and defeating Portugal in the Round of 16. Striker Georges Mikautadze scored in 4/5 games at the Euros and scored in their recent win over the Czech Republic. He will be full of confidence, as will danger man Khvicha Kvaratskhelia who has 5 goal contributions in his last 7 games for club and country. Georgia have been defeated in just 2/8 games and will be a tough opposition for Ukraine.
Ukraine have struggled recently and have won just 2/8 games. Previous to this, they had an underwhelming Euros after they finished rock bottom of their group which included a 3-0 defeat to Romania. They managed just 2 goals in the competition and failed to score in 2/3 of their matches. Defeats to Czech Republic and Albania has put a lot of pressure on them going into this game. Georgia have beaten both Czech Republic and Albania which will not give Ukraine much encouragement ahead of this encounter. Ukraine have looked flat in front of goal scoring just 5 in their last 5 games. Oleksandr Zinchenko, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Viktor Tsygankov are all unavailable which is a blow for Ukraine ahead of this clash.
TIP: Georgia 0.0, +0.5 Asian Handicap @ 2.030 (Bet365)
