Georgia vs Bulgaria prediction: EUROPE: World Championship – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-09-06 13:00.
[p]Georgia and Bulgaria are both aiming to recover from opening day defeats in their respective FIFA World Cup qualifying (WCQ) campaigns when they meet in Tbilisi.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Georgia’s 3-2 defeat to Turkey ended their four-match unbeaten start to 2025 (W3, D1), but they at least showed plenty of fight having been 3-0 down on the hour-mark. Their bid to back up a historic run to the knockout stages of Euro 2024 by qualifying for a first-ever World Cup is therefore off to a rocky start, and with this group also containing European champions Spain, margin for error is already slim. Willy Sagnol’s side will look to rely on their attacking prowess to kickstart their WCQ campaign, as they’ve netted 11 times across their three competitive matches this year. [/p]
[p]Bulgaria last participated at the World Cup in 1998, and their bid to end that wait got off to a miserable start as they were thumped 3-0 by Spain. The Lions’ winless run now stands at six matches (D2, L4), with each of the last five matches in that sequence seeing them concede 2+ goals. Bulgaria could now lose three successive games without scoring for the first time since October 2015, but the odds of a positive result are stacked against them as their last WCQ away win came back in September 2013 (D3, L7).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Bulgaria have had the better of this H2H, winning four of the last eight meetings (D2, L2). Three of the last four H2Hs have featured 5+ total goals.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]The team leading at half-time has won five of Georgia’s last six games. [/p]
[p]Only one of Georgia’s last 11 competitive matches has ended in a draw.[/p]
[p]Nine of Bulgaria’s last 17 games have ended all square. [/p]
[p]Bulgaria have won none of the last four matches in which they have gone ahead. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s consolation strike against Turkey on Thursday ended his seven-game drought without a goal or an assist for club and country – one of his 19 international goals came in a 5-2 win over Bulgaria in June 2022. Aleksandar Kolev has scored Bulgaria’s last two goals, but he has not scored in his last six appearances for club or country.[/p]
[p]There seem to be no fresh injuries for Georgia, but Kiril Despodov was forced to leave Bulgaria’s camp before the Spain match due to a muscle problem.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Georgia’s stronger form suggests that betting on them to be ahead at half-time and full-time here is reasonably sensible. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]