Tuesday evening, at 19:45, Ireland receives Georgia’s visit to the second round of the 2020 EU 2020 preliminaries. The hosts obviously start with the first chance, but they will be rewarded with an artistic and working-class band that knows how to close when playing in complicated trips.
The Aviva Stadium match in Dublin will be played in an electrifying atmosphere, with all the tickets being sold for the game. Ireland has not played a match in qualifying so far, while Georgia lost on weekend home in front of Switzerland (0-2). The Georgians did not have big offensive claims and would hardly be dangerous to Martin O’Neill’s band. Ireland comes after three white draws in the last five matches and has received a single goal since September so far in failure with Wales (0-1). Otherwise, the draws with Denmark and Northern Ireland have revealed a very precise defense of the white-green. Over the weekend, the Irish national wound up with the Gibraltar duel (1-0), the worst team in the European Championship preliminaries. The result gives them more confidence Tuesday night favorites. Hendrick scored the decisive goal in Gibraltar, where the Irish dominated hostilities.
Georgia has had good results in the UEFA League against Kazakhstan (2-1), Latvia (3-0) and Andorra (3-0), but the match with Switzerland has revealed the weaknesses of this band. Ireland has won the last five consecutive duels against Georgia on its own field with 1-0, 1-0, 4-0, 2-1 and 2-0. At the previous meeting between the two countries we witnessed a draw in Tbilisi, score 1-1. Hosts have more valuable players in the batch, evolving to a high level in the Premier League, so victory should be an accessible mission, although in their lot there are inexperienced strikers. Georgia will defend itself in the hope of a draw, so a game with few goals seems to be the most likely outcome. Ireland is no longer nationally feared last decade but has a good organization of the game.
PREDICTION: Ireland to win @ 1,62
