Georgia – Ukraine: where and when to watch the second round match of the Nations League
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The Ukrainian national team will play against the Georgian national team in Tbilisi on September 28 in the second round of the group stage of the League of Nations. The match will take place at the Boris Paichadze Dynamo Arena Stadium, starting at 19:00 Kyiv time.
This is reported by “Pryamiy” .
The teams will play in Group B of the 2026/27 Nations League. In the first round, Ukraine defeated Hungary 1-0, while Georgia lost to Northern Ireland by the same score.
Ukrainian coach Andrea Maldera has been leading the national team since the spring. Ramaz Svanadze became the head coach of Georgia last Thursday. Azerbaijani Aliyar Agayev has been appointed the main referee of the match.
Where to watch the match?
The match can be watched on the MEGOGO media service. It is also broadcast for free by the MEGOGO SPORT TV channel on the T2 network and cable networks.
Approximate compositions
Georgia: Mamardashvili, Tabidze, Dvali, Beriashvili, Mamageishvili, Kochorashvili, Chakvetadze, Kharebashvili, Davitashvili, Kvaratskhelia, Mikoutadze.
Ukraine: Riznyk, Mikhailichenko, Matvienko, Zabarny, Bondar, Ocheretko, Nazaryna, Yarmolenko, Shaparenko, Zubkov, Ponomarenko.
The Ukrainian national team started the new Nations League season with a victory. The away match against Hungary was Andrea Maldera’s debut at the official level.
The coach faced personnel problems. In the match with Hungary, Malinovsky, Zinchenko, Yarmolyuk, Konoplya, Dovbyk, Yaremchuk and Mudryk were absent due to injuries, so the squad underwent experiments. Sikan scored the only goal. According to Sport.ua journalists, after that the Ukrainians were closer to the second goal than the Hungarians to the first.
The team’s delegation flew to Georgia the day after the match in Budapest. Nazarenko, who was ruled out of the match against Hungary, joined the injured list ahead of the game in Tbilisi. Meanwhile, Yaremchuk has recovered from his injury and is ready to help the team.
After qualifying for Euro 2024 and the playoffs, the Georgian national team gradually began to lose ground. It did not qualify for the 2026 World Cup: in the qualifying group, the Georgians played against Spain and Turkey and took third place, gaining 3 points. The same number of points was held by the Bulgarian national team, which finished last.
In the previous round of the Nations League, Georgia was drawn in a group with Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Albania and finished third. The team’s performance at home was deemed a failure. Coach Willy Sagnol retained his position after the play-off against Armenia, which the Georgians defeated 9-1 on aggregate and remained in Division B.
However, after the first defeat of the new round, to Northern Ireland, Sagnol was fired. The Georgians were playing at home without fans due to a UEFA ban and had the advantage in the game. Kvaratskhelia missed a penalty, and the Northern Irish scored in the ninth minute of added time of the second half.
The new team is headed by Ramaz Svanadze, who has a contract until 2028. He has coached the Georgian youth team for the past 5 years. Due to injuries, Goglichydze and Lochoshvili will probably not be able to play in the match against Ukraine.
History of confrontations
The national teams of Ukraine and Georgia have played 11 matches against each other. The Ukrainians have never lost: they have won 7 and drawn 4 times.
The teams last met in the last season of the Nations League. In the nominal home match, the “blue and yellow” won 1:0, and on the road there was a 1:1 draw.
Forecast
The Georgian national team will play at home, and in front of fans. This will be their first match under the new coach, and a chance to correct the result of the first round. The Ukrainian team aims to continue the good start they made in Budapest.
According to the journalists’ forecast, both coaches may resort to rotation. Given the history of the confrontations and the higher individual level of the Ukrainian team, the journalists predict a 2:1 victory for Ukraine.
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