Our prediction for this Nations League match:
Kazakhstan
Match Time & Date:
06/09/2018
10:00 AM
Prediction: 0-1
Georgia
Georgia and Kazakhstan are playing Andorra and Latvia in Group 1 of League D for a chance of playoffs or a promotion to League C. The venue for this match will be the Astana Arena in Astana. This will be the fifth match between the two sides. In previous four, both have one win each and there have been 2 draws. Neither team are in good form, especially not Kazakhstan, having lost seven of the last 10 matches. However, they did beat Azerbaijan 1:0 in their last game and not so long ago, Hungary 3:2. Georgia fared a little better in their last ten matches, managing four wins, three defeats and three draws. Their last game was a shocking loss to Luxembourg by a single goal. On the face of it, it should be an interesting match as the winner might be fighting Latvia for the top spot in the group. We predict a close away win for Georgia.
Highlighted Player (Dmitri Shomko):
Born in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan on March 19, 1990 Dmitri Andreievich Shomko is a defender who plays for Astana. Shomko is a product of his home-town club Ekibastuzets, but he started his senior career at Batyr Ekibastuz.
As expected, the 182-cm tall footballer returned to his boyhood club and it has to be noted that he made nine appearances in the league for Ekibastuzets. Dmitri Shomko then moved to Irtysh Pavlodar and he played for the Kazak club from 2009 to 2014. In 2011 he was sent on loan to Astana and three years later he signed a permanent deal with the Blue and Yellows. His main position is left-back, but he is used as a left midfielder as well.
Over the years Shomko has established himself as a first-team regular at Kazakhstan national football team and he made his debut for the Hawks on February 2, 2011 in a 1-1 draw with Belarus. Shomko came as a substitute for Nurgaliev in the 85th minute of the match. He has 17 caps for the U21 team as well.
Highlighted Team (Georgia):
Georgia are yet another former Soviet republic who have been competing as an independent country since 1990. The Georgians had their international debut on May 27, 1990, with the team sharing the spoils with Lithuania in Tbilisi.
Georgia have been struggling in the qualifiers for both FIFA World Cup and the European Championship ever since they played their first qualifying game and they have yet to book their place at the finals of the major tournaments. The Georgian national football team recorded their biggest win on March 30, 1997, with the team hammering Armenia in front of home fans, but they were demolished by Denmark (1-6) eight years later and that is considered the team’s biggest loss.
The Likes of Kakha Kaladze and Shota Arveladze are considered Georgia’s most famous players. Kakha Kaladze played for Georgia from 1996 to 2011, scoring one goal in 83 appearances for the national team. The left-footed defender won two Champions League titles with Serie A giants AC Milan (2003, 2007).
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