Comments and predictions for Bulgaria vs Georgia: A painful misstep
The match between Bulgaria vs Georgia in the World Cup qualifiers takes place at 2:45 a.m. on November 19. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Bulgaria vs Georgia team information
Bulgaria will be without Anton Nedyalkov, Petko Hristov, Radoslav Kirilov and Stanislav Ivanov as all four withdrew from the initial squad.
Martin Minchev, Marin Petkov and Ivaylo Chochev could be options Dimitrov considers if he decides to change his lineup for Tuesday's game.
Kiril Despodov is almost certain to keep his starting position in attack, aiming to improve his tally to 15 goals for the team.
On the Georgia side, the quartet Stanislav Ivanov, Gabriel Sigua, Gagnidze and Mikautadze all withdrew from coach Sagnol's list due to injury.
Midfielder Giorgi Kochorashvili could return to the starting line-up after missing the defeat to Spain through suspension.
Veteran centre-back Guram Kashia could replace Udinese's Saba Goglichidze, who was forced off in the first half against Spain.
Latest expected lineup Bulgaria vs Georgia
Bulgaria:
Mitov; Georgiev, K. Dimitrov, Chernev, H. Petrov; Krastev, Gruev, Chochev; Petkov, Minchev, Despodov
Georgia:
Mamardashvili; Gocholeishvili, Lochoshvili, Kabia, Mamuchashvili; Kiteishvili, Mekvabishvili, Kochorashvili; Davitashvili, Kvaratskhelia, Zivzivadze
Latest football commentary on Bulgaria vs Georgia
Bulgaria will have to wait until at least 2030 for their first chance of returning to the World Cup since 1998, after they failed to make a mark in the current qualifying campaign.
They started qualifying under Ilian Iliev, who was sacked after two years in charge after the team lost 0-3 to Spain and Georgia.
Iliev's successor – Aleksandar Dimitrov – also could not turn the situation around, losing all three first matches with a total score of 12-1.
Dimitrov oversaw his side's 2-0 defeat away to Turkey on Saturday night, extending their run of 10 games without a win (D2 L8).
The result leaves Bulgaria heading into Tuesday's game looking for their first win since beating Luxembourg 1-0 in the Nations League in November 2024.
To do that, the Lions need to beat Georgia for the first time since a 4-1 friendly win in September 2021.
Like the hosts, Georgia are also out of contention for a top-two finish after losing four of their five qualifying games, including a heavy 0-4 home defeat to Spain on Saturday.
Willy Sagnol's side conceded 13 goals in qualifying, although that is still at least five fewer than Bulgaria – their opponents on Tuesday.
Georgia will no doubt be disappointed to not be able to build on the success of their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, where they qualified for the first major tournament in the independent nation's history.
Although they have to wait longer to dream of their first World Cup appearance, they will still want to end the campaign with a double victory over Bulgaria, after winning 3-0 in September thanks to goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Nika Gagnidze and Georges Mikautadze.
However, Georgia have reason to worry as they have lost four of their last five away games; their only win in that period was a 3-0 win over Armenia in March.
However, the last time they visited Bulgaria in June 2022, Georgia won 5-2 in the Nations League in an exciting performance.
Latest Bulgaria vs Georgia score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Bulgaria vs Georgiaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Bulgaria 1-2 Georgia
- WhoScore:Bulgaria 1-3 Georgia
- We predict:Bulgaria 0-2 Georgia
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