Georgia host Hungary at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi on Saturday 14 November, 5pm (UK time), with the Nations League visitors bidding to strengthen their promotion push against a home side still searching for their first win of the campaign.
Hungary sit second in League B Group 2 and arrive on the back of a strong October, while Georgia prop up the table on two points. We have weighed up the form, the group picture and the bet365 markets to land on our best bets, and the smart money leans towards Marco Rossi‘s side.
Premium Tips
Here are our two favourite Premium Tips for Georgia vs Hungary, taken at the best prices we can find across our featured bookmakers.
| Premium Tip | Odds | Why we’re backing it |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary to win (draw no bet) | 8/11 (bet365) | Hungary are the form side in this group and already have the measure of Georgia, having won the reverse fixture 1-0 in Budapest last month. Rossi’s side followed that up with a 2-1 win away to Ukraine and sit second, chasing promotion, so there is plenty to play for. Georgia, by contrast, are rooted to the bottom on two points and are yet to find the net in the campaign, and they are now shorn of their injured talisman Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Taking Hungary on the draw-no-bet market at 8/11 with bet365 gives us a safety net should the hosts dig out a draw, and we think the visitors have enough to win it outright. |
| Hungary to win to nil | 14/5 (BoyleSports) | Georgia have drawn a blank in all four of their group games so far, so backing Hungary to keep another clean sheet looks a sensible way to boost the price. The reverse meeting finished 1-0 to Hungary, and with Georgia missing Kvaratskhelia and misfiring in front of goal, a repeat shut-out is well within range. At 14/5 with BoyleSports, Hungary to win to nil is where we see the value against a backdrop of such a short outright price on the win. |
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How Georgia go into the game
Georgia have endured a miserable Nations League campaign, sitting bottom of League B Group 2 on two points and yet to score across their four matches. Ramaz Svanadze was promoted from the Under-21s to take charge of the senior side after Willy Sagnol was dismissed following the opening-round defeat to Northern Ireland, and he has inherited a tough rebuild.
A pair of goalless draws have been the high points, with defeats to Northern Ireland and a 1-0 loss away to Hungary leaving them adrift at the foot of the group. The attacking spark has deserted them, and the task has been made harder still by a serious knee injury to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who is sidelined and a major absentee here.
On home soil in Tbilisi, Svanadze’s side will look to striker Georges Mikautadze to finally break their goal drought, but the wider picture is one of a team low on confidence and still searching for a first win.
How Hungary go into the game
Hungary have been among the stronger sides in this group under Marco Rossi, the long-serving Italian who has a contract through to 2030. They go into this round second in League B Group 2 and firmly in the promotion mix.
October was a productive month: they beat Georgia 1-0 at home before winning 2-1 away to Ukraine, results that underlined their momentum. That run leaves them well placed, and a win in Tbilisi would move them to the brink of a strong finish ahead of their final group game.
Ferencvaros forward Barnabas Varga leads the line and is the bookmakers’ favourite to score here, giving Rossi a reliable focal point against a Georgia defence that has at least kept things respectable at times.
Georgia vs Hungary head-to-head
These sides met only last month in this very campaign, with Hungary edging it 1-0 in Budapest. That result reflects the current balance between them, and the visitors arrive in Tbilisi as favourites to complete the double over a Georgia side who are yet to score in the group.
Georgia vs Hungary predictions & betting tips
| Our Prediction | Odds & Bookmaker | Confidence | Why We’re Backing It |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary to win | 6/4 (bet365) | ⭐⭐⭐ | Hungary won the reverse fixture 1-0 and backed it up with victory away to Ukraine. |
| Both teams to score – No | 8/11 (BoyleSports) | ⭐⭐⭐ | Georgia have failed to find the net in all four of their group matches so far. |
| Under 2.5 goals | 8/15 (BoyleSports) | ⭐⭐⭐ | Every one of Georgia’s group games to date has finished under 2.5 goals. |
| Georgia 0-1 Hungary | 11/2 (bet365) | ⭐⭐ | Hungary won by exactly this scoreline when the pair met in Budapest last month. |
Georgia vs Hungary score prediction
It is hard to make a case for the hosts here. Georgia are bottom of the group on two points, yet to score in the campaign and now without the injured Kvaratskhelia, so the goals look likely to remain in short supply. Hungary, by contrast, are a settled side in good form who have already beaten this opponent 1-0 this autumn and carry a genuine threat through Varga. We expect Rossi’s side to control the game and nick it with another clean sheet, so a narrow away win is our call, with Anthony Eadson backing a 0-1 Hungary victory. Score prediction: Georgia 0-1 Hungary.
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