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Iberia host Mjallby at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi with both sides still chasing their first points of the League Phase. Iberia sit rock bottom of the 36-team table after a 0-2 opening defeat to Sint Truidense, while Mjallby occupy a surprising 5th spot despite a rough domestic month, thanks to a tidy 2-0 win over Inter Escaldes on matchday one. The quirky detail here: Iberia have not won a single corner kick across their last five matches combined, a number that says plenty about how passive their build-up has been lately.
Jacob Bergstrom has been Mjallby’s main outlet up front, racking up 10 shots and a goal across his last three outings, and he will fancy his chances against a Georgian backline that has looked shaky all autumn. Jeppe Kjaer Jensen adds another layer from midfield with his set-piece delivery, having produced 14 free kicks in the same stretch. On the Iberia side, Amiran Dzagania remains the one player capable of unsettling a defense on his own, even if service has been thin.
Hot stat: Iberia have registered zero corner kicks in their last five matches, a stark contrast to Mjallby’s 18 over the same span, and it tells us plenty about the territorial gap we expect on Thursday night.
| 🏆 Tournament: | UEFA Conference League 2026/27, League Phase |
| 🏟 Venue: | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi |
| 🗓️ Date: | 22.10.2026 |
| ⏰ Time: | 18:45 CEST |
Iberia vs Mjallby prediction
We lean toward Mjallby here, but not by much more than the bookmakers already suggest. Iberia have scored in four of their last five matches, so a clean sheet for the visitors is not guaranteed, even against a side averaging under one shot per game recently in this data set. Our pick is Mjallby to win, built mostly around the shot volume gap: 38 attempts for Mjallby versus just 4 for Iberia over five matches is too wide a margin to ignore.
Style-wise this should be a controlled night for the away side. Mjallby’s passing numbers (over 1,300 passes with 1,056 accurate across five games) dwarf Iberia’s modest 484 attempts, and their fouls and cards tally (42 fouls, 6 yellows) shows a team willing to break up play when pressed, something Iberia’s low-tempo approach rarely tests. Iberia’s discipline record looks clean on paper, zero yellow cards in the sample, but that likely reflects a lack of defensive duels rather than composure. Expect Mjallby to dominate territory and set pieces while Iberia look to hit on the counter through Dzagania.
| 🔥Hot Tip: | Mjallby to win to nil |
| ⚽Total Goals: | Under 2.5 |
| 💥Both Teams To Score: | No |
| 🎯Total Corners: | Under 7.5 |
Team Analysis
Iberia’s last outing ended in a 0-2 defeat to Sint Truidense, a game where they failed to register a single corner and managed just a handful of shots all night. Before that they had won two in a row, beating Rustavi and Dila Gori, so the recent dip looks tied directly to stepping up in continental quality rather than a longer slump. In our preview of Sint Truidense vs Iberia we called a home win where Sint Truidense would still concede, and the 0-2 result went against that specific read since Iberia never found the net.
Mjallby arrive off the back of a 0-1 loss to Vasteras SK domestically, their third defeat in five league games, a worrying trend for a club sitting 5th in this European section purely on the strength of one good night. Their European form actually reads better than their Allsvenskan form right now, and that 2-0 win over Inter Escaldes is the clearest evidence of what they can produce when their front players click. In our preview of Mjallby vs Inter Escaldes we backed a home win paired with goals at both ends, and the 2-0 scoreline delivered the win itself even though Inter Escaldes never got on the scoresheet.
Most recent Head-to-Head Matches
Iberia and Mjallby have no recent competitive meetings on record before this fixture, so there is no head-to-head table to draw from here.
🚨Check out our dedicated Iberia vs Mjallby stats page for more info.
Iberia. Source: Official Facebook
Pre-game odds and win probability: Mjallby the favourite
- Moneyline Iberia 3.24 | Mjallby 2.27
- Draw 3.27
The sharper books price Mjallby around 2.27, which lines up fairly closely with the 42% implied probability from the bookmaker average. Iberia’s price near 3.24 reflects home advantage more than current form, and the draw sitting close behind at 3.27 shows the market is not fully convinced either side settles this comfortably. We think the Mjallby price offers reasonable value given the shot and passing gap between these two sides this season.
Possible Starting Lineups
Iberia possible starting eleven
- GK: Giorgi Makaridze
- DF: Aleksandre Amisulashvili, Vahid Selimović, Phillip Cancar, giorgi kobuladze
- MF: Bakar Kardava, Nikoloz Dadiani, Giorgi Kutsia, Lucas Oliveira Brune
- FW: Amiran Dzagania, Zviad Natchkebia
Andrey Demchenko should stick with the 4-2-3-1 that has been his go-to shape in recent weeks. Amisulashvili and Selimović anchor a back line that has leaked goals in every one of the last five games, so their positioning against Mjallby’s wide runners will matter plenty. Dzagania remains the player to watch up top, the one man able to turn a half chance into a goal on the counter.
Mjallby possible starting eleven
- GK: Alexander Ludin
- DF: Tom Pettersson, Axel Noren, Tony Miettinen, Martin Agnarsson
- MF: Abdullah Iqbal, Jesper Gustavsson, Viktor Gustafson, William Granath, Jeppe Kjaer Jensen
- FW: Jacob Bergstrom
Andreas Brännström’s 4-1-4-1 leans on Iqbal shielding the back four while Gustavsson and Granath push the tempo higher up. Bergstrom leads the line alone, and given his shot numbers this season he looks the most likely source of goals. Kjaer Jensen’s set-piece quality could be decisive too, especially against an Iberia side that has struggled to defend dead balls.
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Mjallby. Source: Official Facebook
TipsGG Match Prediction
We predict Mjallby edge this one, perhaps not by a wide margin, but their shot volume and passing control should tell over ninety minutes against an Iberia side that has struggled to create or defend set pieces all season. To be hones, Iberia’s home form gives them a puncher’s chance through Dzagania, but we are backing a low-scoring away win with Mjallby keeping things tight at the back. Under 2.5 goals and BTTS No feel like the smarter markets, with Mjallby’s corner count likely to stay modest given how deep Iberia tend to sit.
