Match Report
9 points and 2 places separated them: Georgia 1st with 16, North Macedonia 3rd with 7. North Macedonia had been under-performing their position — 31st on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Georgia 2.67 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, North Macedonia 1.17 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.31.
Georgia's unbeaten run stood at 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Georgia win, 1 for North Macedonia, 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 0% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, with room for 2,000 spectators. Georgia led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.