Today in Cologne, the 4th match of the EVRO-2024 playoffs - Spain-Georgia match will be held.
Idman.biz reviews the competition history of the teams before the match.
The teams have met 7 times so far. With a total goal difference of 19-4, the Spaniards won 6 matches, and the Georgians won 1.
The only victory of the South Caucasians happened in the friendly match of 2016. At that time, the Pyrenees, who were still the last European champions, had 4 out of 17 shots, 24 out of 76 possessions, and 0 out of 11 corner kicks when they held the final test of the team 3 days before the start of the competition where they went to defend the title. Despite their advantages, they lost 0:1 to Georgians in Getafe.
The competition of the teams started 4 years before that match in the qualifying matches of the world championship. The Spaniards won 1 away and a year later at home with 2 unanswered goals.
In 2021, the World Cup qualifiers brought the teams face to face again. Despite Khvicha Kvaratskhelia opening the score in Georgia, Spain eventually won with a score of 2:1. In the match in Spain, the advantage of the same side was already 4:0.
The teams also met in the qualifiers of the current European Championship. Both meetings took place last fall. The first match in Georgia resulted in a 7:1 victory for the guests. Lamine Yamal, who scored in the 74th minute of that match at the age of 16 years and 50 days, became the youngest player and goal scorer in the history of the national team of Yamal. In the other match, Khvicha's goal was not enough for the Georgians. The Spaniards won 3:1 at home.
Today the match will start at 23:00.
Vugar Mammadov
Idman.biz
