Georgia vs Ukraine Prediction & Preview - UEFA Nations League

·2 min read·By Denver

Georgia meet Ukraine in Tbilisi with contrasting Nations League form - our score prediction, team news and how to make your own call.

Ukraine have won three of their last four matches. Georgia have lost their opening UEFA Nations League fixture and sacked their head coach because of it. That contrast is the story heading into Monday's meeting between the two sides at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.

  • Fixture: Georgia vs Ukraine
  • Competition: UEFA Nations League
  • Date: Monday, 28 September 2026
  • Kick-off: 17:00 BST
  • Venue: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Georgia's coaching change

Willy Sagnol was sacked as Georgia head coach after Friday's 0-1 home defeat to Northern Ireland, with the Georgian federation moving on the same weekend. Ramaz Svanadze, previously in charge of Georgia's under-21 side, has been promoted to take his place for this match.

Udinese midfielder Giorgi Chakvetadze is expected to come into the starting eleven. Saba Goglichidze and Giorgi Tsitaishvili are both carrying injury concerns going into the game.

Georgia's form before the Northern Ireland defeat had been steady rather than convincing: a 2-2 draw with Israel, a 2-0 win away to Lithuania, a 1-1 draw with Romania and a 2-0 win over Bahrain. The Northern Ireland result is the only loss in that run, but it came with a head coach's job attached.

Ukraine's line-up for Tbilisi

Ukraine opened their Nations League campaign with a 1-0 win away to Hungary. Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin is set to start again in Tbilisi.

Oleksandr Nazarenko is suspended after being sent off for a second yellow card in stoppage time against Hungary. Vitaliy Mykolenko is out with a leg injury, Artem Dovbyk has withdrawn with a thigh injury, and Ruslan Malinovskyi is also unavailable.

Beyond the Hungary win, Ukraine's recent record reads well: a 2-0 win away to Poland and a 1-0 win over Albania, either side of a 1-3 defeat to Sweden in World Cup qualifying. Three wins in their last four outings, with the goalkeeper who started the Hungary win kept in place, points to a settled team despite the absences in defence and attack.

Where the two runs meet

Georgia go into this one with a new head coach in his first match in charge, a patched-up back line and a forward who was on target for Northern Ireland fresh in the home crowd's memory for the wrong reasons. Ukraine arrive with the better recent record and a manageable injury list, even accounting for Mykolenko, Dovbyk and Malinovskyi missing out.

Full match details, team news updates and the build-up are on the Georgia vs Ukraine match page.

Georgia vs Ukraine prediction

Ukraine to win a tight UEFA Nations League match away to Georgia in Tbilisi. Ramaz Svanadze's first game in interim charge comes against opponents with the better recent form and no equivalent disruption off the pitch, and Ukraine's three wins in four games carry more weight than Georgia's home advantage under a brand new coach.

Our prediction: Georgia 1-2 Ukraine

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