Georgia and Gibraltar will square off this Thursday at Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in their opening 2022-2023 UEFA Nations League campaign fixtures. Kickoffs at 19:00 EAT.
Georgia failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup however they ended their qualification campaign on a high note with back-to-back victories over Kosovo and Sweden. They have since extended their unbeaten run across all competitions to five matches after successive 1-0 friendly wins over Uzbekistan and Bosnia & Herzegovina were followed by a goalless draw away against Albania in March.
The home side gets into this fixture coming off a goalless stalemate with Albania in their most recent outing. Also, Georgia had a disappointing World Cup qualifying tournament where they finished in fourth place only ahead of minnows Kosovo. They have had three friendly internationals after the qualifiers and have won two and drawn the other.
Meanwhile, Gibraltar will be competing in League C Group D after securing promotion in the previous campaign with two victories and two draws against Lichtenstein and San Marino. The visitors travel to Georgia on Thursday having won only one of their last 17 international away matches, but they have claimed seven points from a possible 12 available in their last four Nations League games on the road, including 1-0 wins over Armenia and Liechtenstein.
Gibraltar shared spoils 0-0 International Friendlies with Faroe Islands in their last match. The side only scored three goals in their entire 10 match campaign. They have however shown improvement since the qualifiers as they have drawn their last two friendly matches.
Georgia vs Gibraltar head to head
Georgia has an excellent record in the history of this fixture having won all the four times these two teams have went head to head since 2014, while Gibraltar is yet to win.
- Gibraltar 2-3 Georgia 15/10/19
- Georgia 3-0 Gibraltar 07/06/19
- Georgia 4-0 Gibraltar 08/10/15
- Gibraltar 0-3 Georgia 14/10/14
Home
- Albania 0-0 Georgia
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-1 Georgia
- Georgia 1-0 Uzbekistan
- Georgia 2-0 Sweden
- Kosovo 1-2 Georgia
Away
- Gibraltar 0-0 Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar 0-0 Grenada
- Gibraltar 1-3 Latvia
- Turkey 6-0 Gibraltar
- Netherlands 6-0 Gibraltar
Georgia team news
The host will take to the pitch with a fully fit squad.
Gibraltar team news
Manager Julio Ribas has no reported any absentees ahead of this fixture as well.
Prediction and odds
Georgia has pulled up impressive victories at home to enter into their first Nations League fixture this season at this venue and we believe they have enough firepower to win here against Gibraltar who lost each of their past four on road outings leaking goals in a worrying rate.
- Georgia win
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
