A pair of SEC East rivals meet up in Lexington this weekend as consensus No. 1 Georgia takes on Kentucky in school soccer’s Week 12 motion on Saturday.

Georgia is in line to make the School Soccer Playoff as defending nationwide champion, simply favored in its final two common season video games and anticipated to be within the SEC Championship Sport in opposition to LSU after that.

Kentucky has misplaced 4 of its final six video games general and is coming off a loss to Vanderbilt at residence and hasn’t scored 30 factors in a sport since September.

What can we count on from the matchup this week?

SP+ Picks, a prediction mannequin created by ESPN analyst Invoice Connelly, forecasts that the sport will come right down to the slimmest of margins.

Georgia vs. Kentucky decide, prediction

Georgia vs. Kentucky rating prediction: The pc mannequin tasks that Georgia will defeat Kentucky, 32-12, and has the excellent 88 p.c probability to win the sport outright.

Level unfold: The traces at SI Sportsbook checklist Georgia because the 22.5 level favorites to win the sport, and set the over/beneath mark at 49.5 factors for the matchup.

FPI prediction: Georgia has the overwhelming 93.0 p.c probability to win the sport, in line with Soccer Energy Index computer systems that predict winners by simulating a staff’s season 20,000 instances utilizing previous scores and schedules.

School Soccer HQ prediction: Our projections point out that Georgia will beat Kentucky, 37-13, cowl the unfold, and hit the over.

Methods to watch: The sport is about for Sat., Nov. 19 at 3:30 p.m. Jap on the principle CBS community and streams on fuboTV (Attempt without cost).

The place Georgia is true now: Nonetheless undefeated and boasting a serious victory over then-CFP No. 1 Tennessee two weeks in the past, the Bulldogs are broadly projected to complete the common season undefeated and is favored to win the SEC Championship Sport. A lot is rightly fabricated from the Bulldogs’ defensive manufacturing, however Stetson Bennett additionally leads school soccer’s No. 4 scoring offense, managing 41.4 factors per sport, an enchancment of 4 factors from final season’s championship staff.

The place Kentucky is true now: Choosing up the items in what was imagined to be one other 10-win season, however has grow to be a 6-4 effort stymied by an offense that ranks 66th nationally with a 0.2 level per sport scoring margin in opposition to opponents and is 84th in factors per play. Will Levis hit simply 109 yards passing with no touchdowns and was beneath 5 yards per cross in opposition to Vanderbilt final week. 

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