Georgia vs Albania prediction: EUROPE: UEFA Nations League – League B betting tips on match 2024-10-13 16:00.
[p]Despite a 1-0 defeat to Ukraine on Friday evening in Poland, Georgia held onto top spot in UEFA Nations League (UNL) Group B1 ahead of Monday’s clash with third-placed Albania. Chasing a third promotion from four UNL campaigns, the Crusaders will fancy their chances of getting back to winning ways as they take on a side they have not lost against across any of the last seven H2Hs (W3, D4) and beat 1-0 in Tirana last month.[/p]
[p]Georgia also have a proud home record to defend in this game, which has seen them lose only once in front of their own fans since November 2021 (W10, D3). That solitary defeat was to current European Champions Spain and Willy Sagnol’s team were way too strong for the Czech Republic in their last game in Tbilisi, winning 4-1 to kick off this UNL competition.[/p]
[p]Albania also picked up three points that night when they beat Ukraine 2-1 in Prague but could not produce a repeat performance in the same stadium on Friday when they lost 2-0 to the Czech Republic. That means that Sylvinho’s side arrived in Georgia without a goal from their last two games and hoping to avoid three scoring blanks in a row for the second time this year.[/p]
[p]Although the visitors’ goalscoring issues are clear, Albania are only three points behind the top two sides in the table, so it would be stupid to write off their chances with half of the group stage still to go. However, with just one victory from their last six games (D1, L4), they will need to turn their form around very quickly if they are serious about winning promotion to League A for the first time.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Giorgi Chakvetadze scored and got an assist against the Czech Republic in Tbilisi last month to take his goal contribution tally up to nine (G4, A5) from his last eight home international matches. Jasir Asani has been involved in four international goals in 2024 (G2, A2) with all of them coming in away fixtures (W2, D1).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Albania have scored one goal in total across their six previous visits to Georgia.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]