Georgia vs Armenia prediction: EUROPE: UEFA Nations League – League B/C – Relegation betting tips on match 2025-03-22 14:00.
[p]Georgia won the away leg of this UEFA Nations League (UNL) promotion/relegation play-off tie 3-0 against Armenia and are now well placed to retain their League B status. That victory ended a winless run of four games for the Crusaders (D1, L3), who nearly slipped into automatic relegation to League C of the UNL, avoiding that fate thanks to holding a better H2H record than Albania in Group B1.[/p]
[p]The first leg success also brought with it another clean sheet, making it seven of Georgia’s last nine wins which have been accompanied by a shutout. Barring an implosion in Sunday’s return leg on home soil, Willy Sagnol’s side can start to plan for a second consecutive UNL campaign in League B come 2026/27, while having started out in League D in 2018/19, they have proudly never been relegated in the competition to date.[/p]
[p]Thursday wasn’t the start new coach John van ‘t Schip was hoping for in his first game in charge of Armenia. The Dutchman was only appointed last month, with predecessor Oleksandr Petrakov having been sacked in October amid an ultimately disappointing UNL campaign. Finishing nine points behind table-toppers North Macedonia in Group C4, any faint hopes of an immediate return to League B have now been torn apart.[/p]
[p]Armenia’s two victories in the group stage of this UNL campaign (D1, L3) pale into insignificance when their longer-term record is assessed having won only three of their last 17 overall (D3, L11). Thursday’s defeat was also their heaviest since September 2022, and they head into a second leg with no clean sheet in 28 games. [/p]
[p]Key battle: Georgia have avoided defeat (W3, D1) every time Giorgi Kochorashvili has recorded a goal involvement in this UNL campaign (G3, A1), including the first leg of this tie. Armenia goalkeeper Ognjen Čančarević has made 3+ saves just once in seven games so far in this UNL campaign.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Six of the pair’s eight H2Hs to date have seen 3+ total goals scored, including each of the last four.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]