Spain vs. Georgia Prediction on June 30, 2024

Match info

This Sunday, June 30, at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, fiery Spain will play underdog Georgia in what’s supposed to be a one-way street for the former in the round of 16 at the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship (UEFA Euro 2024) for men.

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The current form of Spain

The only team to win all three of its group stage matches at this Euro was Luis de la Fuente’s Spain, who wowed and even got to rest some of its starters in the last group stage match. Under the tutorship of Álvaro Morata, “La Roja” (the Red One) now has a set of terrific attackers, and Nico Williams, Lamine Yamal, and Pedri have all thrived. In addition to Fabián Ruiz’s outstanding play in midfield, Dani Olmo, and Ferran Torres’ impressive play off the bench, the majority of European Championship aficionados now believe that Spain will win it all. After all, the odds for this have progressively risen at euro bookmakers since Spain’s opening match.

Spain will probably revert to the starting lineup that defeated Croatia and Italy because it rested some of its most important players during its victory against Albania. Dani Olmo, though, might make it into the starting lineup this time.

The current form of Georgia

Georgia faces a formidable challenge, but the Euro debutant is enjoying an amazing tournament in Germany. Their remarkable 2-0 victory over Portugal in the group stage’s final match to advance to the last 16 will live on in local legends. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, a winger for Napoli, has the ability to penetrate any defense, and Georges Mikautadze leads all goalscorers at Euro 2024 with three goals (two from penalty kicks), as the “Crusaders”, also known as the “Jvarosnebi“ in Georgian, have emerged as everyone’s beloved “dark horse”.

Georgia has shown how to defeat a powerful team like Portugal, and it will employ a very similar strategy versus Spain. When they can, they should sit deep, unleash quick counters, and search for Kvaratskhelia. If Georgia is going to pull off a major upset, it will need to do what we just mentioned against guys that goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who plays for Valencia in Spain, is familiar with from La Liga. By the way, he has been outstanding thus far in this tournament.

Head-to-head

These two met seven times since Georgia separated from the Soviet Union. Spain prevailed in six of these encounters. One match ended with Georgia’s win (1-0), which was in a friendly international back in 2016.

Match analytics

It’s difficult to imagine this Spanish team losing to Georgia because it has so many offensive players playing at their best. In the first half, expect Spain to thrash Georgia, but the lightweights will at least get a goal.

Final tip: Georgia will score, but Spain will win; i.e. as Interbet presented this market: Georgia To Score and Match Result – Yes and Spain, with odds of 3.34.