High-flying Spain faces a tricky Georgia team in the Round of 16 stage of Euro 2024 in Koln. The winner will take on Denmark or host Germany in the quarterfinals.
SPN vs GEO Match Details
Date: Sunday, 30 June 2024 / Monday, 1 July 2024
Time: 21:00 (CET), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Koln
SPN vs GEO Match Preview
Spain are the only side in Euro 2024 to come out of the group stages with a 100% record, repeating their feat of the 2008 title-winning tournament but keeping a clean sheet in all group games this time. Luis de la Fuente’s team swept aside Croatia 3-0 and kept out Italy and Albania with dominating 1-0 wins to top their group handsomely. Establishing themselves as tournament favourites, the aim will be to better their semifinal return of the previous edition. Nevertheless, Spain will be careful of taking on giant killers Georgia in their ninth appearence in Euro knockouts and for a fifth consecutive major tournament. Keeping aside the defeat in a friendly in 2016, La Roja has won the rest of the six games including a 7-1 thrashing away and 3-1 victory at home in the Euro qualifiers of this edition. Hence, the three-time champions will have little to worry about moving into the quarterfinals even though they suffered in the same circumstance against Morocco at the very stage of the 2022 World Cup.
The fairytale was created when Georgia qualified for their debut Euros but they added a new chapter to it by advancing to the competition’s knockout stage. Their first game in the finals ended in a 3-1 defeat to Turkey followed by a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic but the 74th-ranked nation pulled off a major upset by beating group winners Portugal to book their place in the last-16. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored a stunning opener before Golden Boot leader Georges Mikautadze scored his third of the tournament to grab a 2-0 win and seal the all-important third spot with four points in the bag. The challenge does not get easier for Georgia as they will have to pull off another miracle to do the unthinkable of eliminating an in-form Spanish side to make it to the quarterfinals. The other issue for Willy Sagnol’s team is conceding a lot of shots on target with 25, a habit they need to change facing a side that has registered an average of 5.7 shots on target this tournament.
Recent Form (all competitions)
SPN: WWWWW
GEO: DWLDW
Recent Form (Euro 2024)
SPN: WWW
GEO: LDW
SPN vs GEO Predicted Lineups
Spain
Simon; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella; Pedri, Rodri, Ruiz; Yamal, Morata, Williams
Georgia
Mamardashvili; Tsitaishvili, Dvali, Kashia, Kverkvelia, Kakabadze; Kochorashvili, Kiteishvili, Chakvetadze; Mikautadze, Kvaratskhelia
SPN vs GEO head-to-head
Played - 7
SPN won - 6
Drawn - 0
GEO won - 1
SPN vs GEO Dream11 Match Prediction
Spain might concede a goal for the first time in the tournament because of the likewise efficient attack from Georgia but have enough firepower to see the game out comfortably. We predict a 3-1 win for La Roja.
SPN vs GEO Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Alvaro Morata
Vice-captain Picks: Fabian Ruiz, Mikautadze
SPN vs GEO Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Mamardashvili (Cr - 8)
DEF: Carvajal (Cr - 9), Kakabadze (Cr - 8.5), Cucurella (8)
MID: Yamal (8), Ruiz (Cr - 8.5), Kochorashvili (Cr - 8.5), Pedri (8.5)
FW: Mikautadze (9), Morata (9), Kvaratskhelia (9)
Vice-captain: Fabian Ruiz
Captain: Alvaro Morata
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