BATUMI. Greece prevails over Georgia with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Pelkas (90′) and a penalty scored byA. Bakasetas (90′).
The match was played at the Stadioni Ragbi Arena stadium in Batumi on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Donatas Rumšas with the assistance of Aleksandras Radiušas and Dovydas Sužiedėlis. The 4th official was Robertas Šmitas. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
Greece was in firm control of the ball 55% while Georgia was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Greece was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Greece won the match.
Georgia shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Greece shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Georgia received 3 yellow cards (G. Aburjania, J. Kankava and G. Giorbelidze). On the opposite side, Greece received 4 yellow cards (G. Tzavellas, A. Bakasetas, A. Androutsos and M. Siopis).
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 contest, Georgia will stay with 1 points to stay in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Greece will have 9 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Georgia will play away against Kosovo on the 12th of October with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Kosovo (0 draws).
Greece will play away agasint Sweden on the 12th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Greece (0 draws).
Georgia – Formation
Georgia
89'
90'
Georgia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Willy Sagnol decided to play with the following team: Giorgi Loria , Otar Kakabadze , Davit Khocholava , Lasha Dvali , Guram Giorbelidze , Giorgi Aburjania , Jaba Kankava , Saba Lobjanidze , Giorgi Chakvetadze , Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Georges Mikautadze .
The home team had on the bench: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Nika Kvekveskiri, Irakli Azarovi, Luka Lochoshvili, Giorgi Kvilitaia, Zuriko Davitashvili, Vladimer Mamuchashvili, Tornike Okriashvili , Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Valeriane Gvilia , Saba Khvadagiani and Lazare Kupatadze.
Substitutions
Georgia made 4 changes: G. Mikautadze for T. Okriashvili (60′), G. Chakvetadze for V. Gvilia (60′), G. Aburjania for Z. Davitashvili (90′) and S. Lobjanidze for G. Kvilitaia (90′).
Best player: Giorgi Loria
The player that probably impressed the most for Georgia was the goalkeeper: Giorgi Loria. His rating is 7.61. He performed 6 saves.
Greece – Formation
Greece
90'
Greece started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, John van \’t Schip played with: Odysseas Vlachodimos , Pantelis Chatzidiakos , Konstantinos Mavropanos , Georgios Tzavellas , Athanasios Androutsos , Anastasios Bakasetas , Manolis Siopis , Andreas Bouchalakis , Konstantinos Tsimikas , Giorgos Masouras and Vangelis Pavlidis .
They had on the bench: Christos Tzolis , Konstantinos Stafylidis, Petros Mantalos , Dimitris Limnios, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Manolis Saliakas, Giorgos Athanasiadis, Dimitrios Pelkas , Alexandros Paschalakis, Achilleas Poungouras, Sotiris Alexandropoulos and Anastasios Douvikas.
Substitutions
Greece made 3 changes: V. Pavlidis for D. Pelkas (46′), G. Masouras for C. Tzolis (78′) and M. Siopis for P. Mantalos (85′).
Best player: Anastasios Bakasetas
The player that probably impressed the most for Greece was Anastasios Bakasetas.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Poland – San Marino – 5-0
- Hungary – Albania – 0-1
- Andorra – England – 0-5
- Moldova – Denmark – 0-4
- Faroe Islands – Austria – 0-2
- Scotland – Israel – 3-2
- Sweden – Kosovo – 3-0
- Georgia – Greece – 0-2
- Finland – Ukraine – 1-2
- Kazakhstan – Bosnia and Herzegovina – 0-2
- Switzerland – Northern Ireland – 2-0
- Lithuania – Bulgaria – 3-1
- Luxembourg – Serbia – 0-1
- Azerbaijan – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
