When the going gets tough, both Georgia and Israel prided themselves on rearguard solidity during their group-stage affairs, and the latter in particular may struggle to breach the Crusaders' well-marshalled backline.
Neither quarter-final debutant is here by accident, of course, but having already thwarted three of Europe's big boys with the home crowd behind them, we have faith in Georgia to continue their magical run and inflict more continental misery on Israel's juniors.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Georgia Under-21s win with a probability of 39.28%. A win for Israel Under-21s had a probability of 31.54% and a draw had a probability of 29.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Georgia Under-21s win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.19%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.8%) and 2-0 (7.69%). The likeliest Israel Under-21s win was 0-1 (11.45%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.36%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with an 11.3% likelihood.
