Georgia vs Ukraine - prediction, team news, lineups

Georgia will look to bounce backmost from a cruel precocious decision erstwhile they invited Ukraine to Tbilisi for their 2nd Nations League lucifer of the planetary interruption connected Monday night. 

The hosts conceded a 99th-minute victor against Northern Ireland successful their opening fixture, portion Ukraine began their run with a 1-0 triumph implicit Hungary successful Budapest.

Match preview

Georgia entered their 2026-27 Nations League campaign successful bully signifier aft drafting 2 and winning 2 of their 4 erstwhile friendlies, leaving them unbeaten since November 2025. 

That tally followed a hard 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign, wherever Georgia suffered 4 consecutive defeats successful a radical containing eventual champions Spain.

Their Friday nighttime decision proved peculiarly damaging, with Shea Charles scoring successful the 99th infinitesimal to contradict Georgia a constituent they came truthful adjacent to claiming. 

The precocious decision besides brought Willy Sagnol's reign to an end, with the Under-21s manager Ramaz Svanadze subsequently promoted to instrumentality complaint of the elder broadside and regenerate the antheral that led Georgia to their archetypal ever large tourney erstwhile they reached the knockout phases of Euro 2024.

Svanadze will oversee his archetypal crippled connected Monday nighttime arsenic the Crusaders effort to extremity a tally of 5 Nations League radical matches without a victory, with their past group-stage triumph coming against Albania successful September 2024.

As for Ukraine, they made a winning commencement to the caller Nations League run by edging past Hungary 1-0 successful Budapest with Danylo Sikan scoring the lone extremity soon earlier fractional time. 

Andrea Maldera has present overseen consecutive victories since taking charge, with Ukraine besides producing an awesome antiaircraft show to support Hungary astatine bay contempt the hosts registering 17 shots.

The visitors, will, however, beryllium without Oleksandr Nazarenko aft the substitute was sent disconnected successful the closing stages of the triumph implicit Hungary pursuing 2 yellowish cards successful the abstraction of 33 minutes. 

Ukraine person besides built a beardown grounds against their upcoming opponents successful the Nations League, remaining unbeaten crossed their 2 meetings successful the 2024-25 variation aft winning astatine location and drafting away. 

Should the Blue and Yellow unafraid different triumph connected Monday nighttime it would beryllium the 3rd successful a enactment and proceed Maldera's winning commencement to beingness arsenic Ukraine boss, with a imaginable triumph making it an awesome 3 successful a enactment connected the road.

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Team News

Following their constrictive decision to Northern Ireland, Georgia person nary caller wounded concerns and could sanction an unchanged starting XI connected Monday, though the accomplishment of a caller manager could pb to changes successful the line-up.

Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is expected to clasp his spot betwixt the posts, portion skipper Khvicha Kvaratskhelia volition proceed to pb the onslaught arsenic helium closes successful connected becoming his country's highest ever scorer. 

Ukraine were besides reduced to 10 men during their triumph implicit Hungary, with Nazarenko coming disconnected the seat aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional earlier receiving 2 yellowish cards, ruling him retired of Monday's contest, though the visitors could different clasp the aforesaid starting XI.

Anderlecht striker Sikan is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile again, with Georgiy Sudakov apt to supply enactment aft registering an assistance successful Friday's victory.

Dmytro Riznyk has made conscionable 4 appearances for his state since making his debut successful 2021, but helium produced respective important saves successful Budapest and should support his spot successful goal.

Georgia imaginable starting lineup:

Mamardashvili, Goglichidze, Dvali, Lochoshvilli; Kakabadze, Kochorashvili, Mekvabishvili, Kharebashvili, Kvernadze, Mikautadze; Kvaratskhelia

Ukraine imaginable starting lineup:

Riznyk; Krupskyi, Zabarnyi, Matvienko, Mykolenko; Tsygankov, Ocheretko, Brazhko, Sudakov; Sikan, Vanat

We say: Georgia 1-1 Ukraine

Ukraine whitethorn person made a stronger commencement to the Nations League, but Georgia should beryllium motivated by the accomplishment of Svanadze and determined to respond to their precocious decision against Northern Ireland.

The hosts person struggled for results successful the Nations League recently, portion Ukraine's beardown grounds against the Crusaders could springiness the visitors confidence, but we bash expect a intimately contested brushwood successful Tbilisi. 

We are truthful backing the spoils to beryllium shared successful a 1-1 draw.

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