Wales v Georgia Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifying 9th October
Wales have opened their 2018 World Cup qualification campaign with four points from two games and will be looking to push on for another three when they host Georgia on Sunday. Wales needed some luck to get their 2-2 draw in Austria on Thursday and surprisingly the Dragons looked really slack at the back, which will be of concern. Georgia though aren’t in any kind of winning form having lost all but three of their last fourteen qualification matches for major tournaments. We should see a bit more from Wales in this one than we did in Austria.
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Wales v Georgia Betting Tips
Defensively the Welsh weren’t at the races at all against Austria in their 2-2 draw on Thursday night in Vienna. There was some seriously slack defending, basic errors being made to give away goals. But at least they managed to remain unbeaten and now they have a chance to dust themselves down and bank three points as they take on Georgia in Cardiff on Sunday. They may be without Joe Allen, the scorer of the first goal against Austria, as he was removed after the break because of a hamstring worry. Wales weren’t great against Austria at all and will have been disappointed and frustrated with their performance, particularly as they gave the lead away twice in the match. However, Georgia aren’t going to pose their defence quite as many problems. Wales do remain top of Group D but they are level on points with Serbia, so need to bag the three points in this one.
We should see Wales exerting a little more control in this game, and hopefully Gareth Bale will get into the game a bit more than he did against Austria, where he was kept quiet. A Draw/Wales half time/full time wager has some big appeal in this one at a price of 9/4 in this one and the appeal comes from Georgia having been level at the break in their opening two qualification matches for World Cup 2018. There’s a little trend there. You can probably swing under 2.5 goals for the game in this one for a quote of 9/10 as Georgia have been quite a stubborn side to break down so far. There has only been the one previous meeting between Wales and Georgia and that was back in friendly in 2008, a game which Georgia won 2-1 in Wales. Wales to win this fixture by a one goal margin is a quote of 15/8 and that will be down to the battling qualities that the Georgians have shown so far.
Gareth Bale is running as 13/8 favourite in the First Goalscorer market and he is a quote of 1/2 in the anytime goalscorer market as well. Georgia have suffered defeats in each of their two qualification matches so far in the group, but they have been narrow ones and they haven’t gone down without a fight. They lost 2-1 against Austria and 1-0 against Ireland. They actually took 57% of possession in their game against Ireland in Dublin on Thursday night. Georgia have been at 0-0 at half time in both games so far. They aren’t in winning form, despite their resilience as they have banked just one win in their last nine in a (W1 D2 L6) record. That victory was against Spain just before Euro 2016 in a total shock result. The Georgians managed just the three wins in Euro 2016 qualification, two of them coming against Gibraltar, so they aren’t likely to bag three points. But they will make Wales work hard for their points.
Wales v Georgia Betting Odds
Wales 2/9, Draw 9/2, Georgia 14/1
Wales v Georgia Predictions
Georgia are likely to dig in there for the first half and match up to the Welsh. They were quite dogged and controlled in their game against Ireland, but ultimately couldn’t land a point. That will probably be the same thing again for them in Cardiff so look for a Draw/Wales half time/full time wager on the match and for Wales to win by a one goal margin.
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