BATUMI. Georgia defeats Sweden 2-0 after K. Kvaratskhelia scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Stadioni Ragbi Arena stadium in Batumi on Thursday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Serdar Gözübüyük with the collaboration of Joost van Zuilen and Johan Balder. The 4th official was Jeroen Manschot. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sweden was in firm control of the ball 59% while Georgia was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sweden was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Georgia was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Georgia shot 10 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Sweden shot 20 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Georgia received 3 yellow cards (I. Azarov, T. Okriashvili and G. Kashia). Regarding the opposition, Sweden received 1 yellow card (J. Nilsson).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this encounter, Georgia will have 7 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Sweden will stay with 15 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Sweden will play away agasint Spain on the 14th of November with a 2-2 head to head stats.
Georgia – Formation
Georgia
90'
90'
61', 78'
Georgia started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Willy Sagnol decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Loria , Otar Kakabadze , Guram Kashia , Davit Khocholava , Saba Lobjanidze , Valeriane Gvilia , Nika Kvekveskiri , Irakli Azarovi , Giorgi Tsitaishvili , Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Tornike Okriashvili .
The home team had on the bench: Zuriko Davitashvili , Nika Kacharava, Lazare Kupatadze, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luka Lochoshvili, Valeri Qazaishvili , Davit Volkov , Jaba Kankava, Grigol Chabradze , Vladimer Mamuchashvili, Luka Gugeshashvili and Giorgi Aburjania.
Substitutions
Georgia made 5 changes: G. Tsitaishvili for Z. Davitashvili (70′), T. Okriashvili for D. Volkovi (70′), K. Kvaratskhelia for Vako (81′), S. Lobjanidze for G. Chabradze (81′) and N. Kvekveskiri for G. Aburjania (90′).
Best player: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
The most impressive player for Georgia was Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
His rating is with 2 goals, 25 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Sweden – Formation
Sweden
Sweden started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Jan Olof Andersson played with: Robin Olsen , Emil Krafth , Victor Lindelöf , Joakim Nilsson , Ludwig Augustinsson , Viktor Claesson , Mattias Svanberg , Kristoffer Olsson , Emil Forsberg , Alexander Isak and Zlatan Ibrahimović .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jesper Karlsson , Pontus Dahlberg, Alexander Milošević, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Robin Quaison , Magnus Eriksson, Dejan Kulusevski , Oscar Lewicki, Kerim Mrabti, Martin Olsson, Jens Cajuste and Daniel Sundgren.
Substitutions
Sweden made 3 changes: V. Claesson for D. Kulusevski (74′), M. Svanberg for R. Quaison (78′) and A. Isak for J. Karlsson (87′).
Best player: Zlatan Ibrahimović
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sweden was Zlatan Ibrahimović.
His rating is with 25 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Azerbaijan – Luxembourg – 1-3
- Russia – Cyprus – 6-0
- Armenia – North Macedonia – 0-5
- Georgia – Sweden – 2-0
- Republic of Ireland – Portugal – 0-0
- Malta – Croatia – 1-7
- Slovakia – Slovenia – 2-2
- Germany – Liechtenstein – 9-0
- Romania – Iceland – 0-0
- Greece – Spain – 0-1
