2020 Autumn Internationals – Scotland vs Georgia Preview & Prediction

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THE FACTS

When is Scotland vs Georgia taking place? Friday 23^rd October, 2020 – 19:30

Where is Scotland vs Georgia taking place? Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Where can I get tickets for Scotland vs Georgia? This match will be played without spectators

What channel is Scotland vs Georgia on? This match will be broadcast live on ITV 4 in the UK

Where can I stream Scotland vs Georgia? This match can be streamed live on ITV Player

THE TEAM NEWS

SCOTLAND

Starting: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 James Lang, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ali Price, 1 Rory Sutherland, 2 Fraser Brown (c), 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Ben Toolis, 5 Scott Cummings, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Matt Fagerson

Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Rob Harley, 20 Nick Haining, 21 Cornell du Preez, 22 George Horne, 23 Finn Russell

GEORGIA

Starting: 15 Soso Matiashvili, 14 Akaki Tabutsadze, 13 Deme Tapladze, 12 Mereb Sharikadze (c), 11 Sandro Todua, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Beka Gorgadze, 7 Beka Saghinadze, 6 Otar Giorgadze, 5 Grigol Kerdikoshvili, 4 Nodar Cheishvili, 3 Lexo Kaulashvili, 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili

Replacements: 16 Shalva Mamukashvili, 17 Guram Gogichashvili, 18 Giorgi Melikidze, 19 Giorgi Javakhia, 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, 21 Gela Aprasidze, 22 Giorgi Kveseladze, 23 Tamaz Mchedlidze

THE PREDICTION

This will be the fifth competitive meeting between Scotland and Georgia with the home side winning all previous four occasions. This will be a good test as a warm-up match ahead of their last 2020 Six Nations fixture away to Wales on Saturday 31^st October. The Scots have the slightest chance of winning the championship if a series of unlikely events take place elsewhere but they will go into this test with Georgia aiming to make a big statement nonetheless. Georgia will be eager to put their new coaching team and structure to the test and are always a very physical and hungry team to face. However, Finn Russel returns after almost a year out to make the bench of what is a very strong Scottish line-up here and they should comfortably win this test with a start of -20.