Sweden vs Georgia Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 22/03/2021, 16:52  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 22/03/2021 at 18:31 in World Cup Prediction

Sweden haven't had a good season with relegation in the Nations League. They hope to do better in the World Cup and begin their campaign with a home match against Georgia. The other teams in Group B are Spain, Kosovo and Greece. It may be the play-off route that takes Sweden to Qatar, finishing above Spain doesn't look at all likely. Sweden finished bottom of their Nations League group earlier this season. A tough group to say the least with the top two being France and Germany. Only three points were earned by Sweden who lost out on head-to-head results against Croatia and went down. Sweden reached the quarter finals of the 2018 World Cup after failing to qualify in 2010 and 2014.  They are through to the finals of Euro 2020. Six of their last eight internationals have been lost, they did win in Russia and at home to Croatia though. Only France and Portugal have beaten them in their last 11 home fixtures. They will hope to recapture the form that has seen them win their last five home World Cup qualifiers. Form in European Championship qualifiers is good too with no loss since 2015. Ibrahimovic has come out of international retirement, so that should strengthen the Swedes.

All of which indicates that going to Sweden for a qualifier isn't an easy task at all. Georgia come into this match with no wins in their last five internationals.  Three of those games have been drawn with stalemates against North Macedonia, Estonia and Armenia. They finished third in their League C Nations League group with four out of six being drawn. That's their best chance of any success as they have never qualified for either the World Cup or European Championship finals. Only two of their last ten away internationals have been won. Those victories came against Gibraltar and Estonia. You have to go back to 2005 for their last away World Cup qualifiers win. Since the win over Kazakhstan, Georgia have gone 16 away games without a victory, though three of the last four have been drawn.  Sweden can start their campaign with a home win.