host Spanish national team his elected counterpart Georgia, at 9:15 p.m., today, Sunday, at the “La Cartuja” stadium in Seville, as part of the fifth round matches of Group B, in the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup..
Spain is in second place in Group B with 7 points, two points behind the leaders Sweden, while Georgia is in the fifth and last place with one point.
The Spain team, led by coach Luis Enrique, is trying to win tonight’s match, in order to restore balance after losing to its Swedish counterpart with two goals against a goal in the fourth round last Thursday, to lose El Matador at the top of the group.
Spain will regain the top spot in the group temporarily if they beat their Georgian guest today, taking advantage of Sweden’s failure to play a match in the current round.
And he will visit Kosovo on Wednesday in the sixth round of qualifiers, while Sweden will visit his Greek counterpart on the same day.
In today’s match, Spain is missing the efforts of its striker, Gerard Moreno, who was injured during the match against the Swedish national team, which ended with the loss of El Matador 2-1, as he left the stadium in the 64th minute, affected by the injury, and Adama Traore participated in his place..
The loss of Spain against Sweden in the last round is the first for the Matador team in the World Cup qualifiers in more than 28 years..
And the “Opta” statistics network reported that Spain suffered its first defeat in the World Cup qualifiers since March 1993 against Denmark (1-0)A run of 66 qualifying matches ended unbeaten (52 wins, 14 draws)..