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Albania

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Albania, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 Nations League victory versus Ukraine.

In that match, Albania managed 41% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Albania, the goalscorers were Ardian Ismajli (54') and Jasir Asani (66'). Ukraine got 16 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Yukhym Konoplia (49') scored for Ukraine.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Albania have shown defensive steel. In fact, Albania have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals during that time. That being said, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might continue on in this upcoming game.

Georgia

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Georgia will come into the encounter following a 4-1 Nations League win versus Czech Republic in their last fixture.

In that match, Georgia had 44% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Georgia, the goalscorers were Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (33'), Giorgi Chakvetadze (53'), Georges Mikautadze (63') and Giorgi Kochorashvili (66'). Czech Rep. had 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Lukáš Kalvach (80') was the scorer for Czech Republic.

The stats don’t lie, and Georgia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in total. In defence, Georgia could really do with shoring things up.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 10/09/2003, both clubs have shared the honours with Albania winning 2 of those games, Georgia 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

A sum of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 9 of them for Kuq e Zinjtë and 9 belonging to Georgia. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

ℹ️ Team News: Albania

The Albania boss Sylvinho Mendes Campos has no fitness worries whatsoever before this game owing to a fully healthy group available to choose from.

It looks as if Kuq e Zinjtë will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Thomas Strakosha, Elseid Hysaj, Ardian Ismajli, Marash Kumbulla, Mario Mitaj, Ylber Ramadani, Kristjan Asllani, Jasir Asani, Qazim Laci, Nedim Bajrami and Rey Manaj.

📰 Team News: Georgia

Thanks to a completely healthy group available to select from, the Georgia boss Willy Sagnol has no fitness concerns to report before this game.

It’s our belief that Georgia might make use of a 3-5-2 lineup, starting the game with Giorgi Mamardashvili, Giorgi Gvelesiani, Guram Kashia, Lasha Dvali, Otar Kakabadze, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Giorgi Kochorashvili, Otar Kiteishvili, Luka Lochoshvili, Georges Mikautadze and K. Kvaratskhelia.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Georgia and Albania should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. That is why we are leaning toward a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:00 10/09/2024