Spain vs Georgia Prediction: Spanish lads to lead their country to the next round

The perfect Spanish team will play Euro debutant Georgia in the knockout stage of the Euro 2024. In the qualification stage, the two teams are from the same group, with Spain winning both encounters. What should we expect in this encounter? Below, I preview this game while making possible betting opportunities available. 

Spain

Spain are in search of their fourth-ever Euro win in history, and in this knockout stage, they will look to dispatch Georgia. Entering into this Euro 2024, not many people expected much brilliance from the Spanish side, considering they will rely on young players. However, the reverse is the case, as this team has turned up to expectations and been solid in each of their encounters.

In the group stage games, Spain were the only side that won all of their matches, picking 9 points in each of their matchups. In fact, this team did not concede a single goal while being the second side with the most goals scored so far. In the run of games in this Euro, Spain defeated Croatia, Italy, and then Albania in the final match. 

Pre-match facts show that Spain have won six out of the seven matches played in this fixture. Also, the Spanish side has been eliminated in the round of 16 in three of their last four appearances in major international tournaments. 

Georgia

Debutants' Georgia would be happy with how things have gone in their favor in this Euro 2024, and in this game, they will feel confident about getting the job done. On their way to this Euro 2024, Georgia needed a penalty shootout win over Greece to book their first-ever Euro tournament. 

In their opening game against Turkey, this team were a bit unlucky as they hit the post before conceding a last-minute goal, which saw Kerem Aktuurkoglu's strike give Turkey a win. However, this team stepped up in game two and a late-minute miss from 12 yards could have earned them maximum points but rather settled for a 1-1 draw. On the brink of heading home, this team did the unbelievable, defeating the Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal team 2-0. In that game, an early strike by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and a goal from the spot by Georges Mikautadze were what they needed to push themselves into this knockout stage encounter. 

Heading into this game, history has it that Georgia's lone victory over Spain came in a friendly encounter in 2016. Georgia have managed to reach the knockout stages of a major international tournament for the first time in their history. Also, this team has scored in each of their games in this Euro 2024. 

Spain Possible Starting Lineup:

Simon; Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Cucurella; Pedri, Rodri, Ruiz; Yamal, Morata, Williams

Georgia Possible Starting Lineup:

Mamardashvili; Tsitaishvili, Dvali, Kashia, Kverkvelia, Kakabadze; Kochorashvili, Kiteishvili, Chakvetadze; Kvaratskhelia, Mikautadze

Expert Betting Tips

This is a difficult job for Georgia, looking at how brilliant Spain have been in this tournament. While the Jvarosnebi have scored in each of their games in this Euro, they will surely rely on their attacking strength but then will have a lot of jobs to do in defense, looking at how good the attacking frontline of Spain is. 

Regardless, this game should be a battle of the better side, and while I am confident in Spain's ability to win, a bet on them to score goals is another option to consider.