Georgia vs Luxembourg Prediction 21.03.2024

• Competition: European Qualifiers Play-offs - Semi-Finals
• Date: Thursday, 21st, March 2024
• Kickoff: 17:00 UTC / 18.00 CET
• Venue: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena (Tbilisi)

Two national teams with dreams of a historic first-ever European Championship qualification clash this Thursday, as Georgia welcomes Belarus in a pivotal Path D playoff semi-final.

Georgia vs Luxembourg Betting Tips: Under 2.5

Despit picking up a paltry eight points during their lackluster UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, Georgia will still be in a position to book their ticket for the trip to Germany this summer thanks to a star-studded UEFA Nations League performance last year, where they topped Group C4 with a flawless record of five victories and one share of the spoils.

Just as they were on the brink of securing a spot in the Euro 2020 finals, the Crusaders unexpectedly squandered their chance by falling to Goran Pandev's Macedonia in the playoff finals, but this time around, boasting a bolstered lineup and the advantage of playing at home, they are confident that Euro 2024 is within reach.

At such a moment, the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi is undoubtedly set to be packed to the rafters, providing massive support to their players, who can draw encouragement from their recent performances on home turf, suffering only one loss in the last 10 matches across all categories, triumphing on six occasions during that time.

In the battle for a playoff final spot, Georgia faces a far-from-naive Luxembourg nation, whose results have jumped significantly in the past couple of years, as evidenced by their performance in the EURO qualifying cycle, concluding with an attractive tally of 17 points to take third place, just behind Slovakia in second and the merciless group leaders Portugal.

A telling sign that the football journey of Die Roten Lowen is on an upward trajectory of late is the fact that they have remarkably emerged as the victorious side in half of their ten (10) Group J qualifying matches, a greater number of successes than they earned in the previous six European Championship qualifying campaigns combined.

Despite finding themselves in the role of visitors in Thursday's vitally important clash, Luc Holtz's resilient troops won't be deterred in their quest for the desired outcome, given that, aside from enduring a nine-goal massacre at the hands of Portugal, they kept unscathed in the remaining four EURO qualifying away trips, posting three shutouts in that stretch.

The most recent meeting between these national sides offers optimism for Luxembourg, who claimed a slender 1-0 triumph in a friendly played six years back in 2018. Considering that neither side will want to expose themselves to risk and will be firmly focused on defense, another tense and low-action contest between them could be on the cards.