Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round between Dinamo Tbilisi and Astana. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
This arena uses grass, unlike Astana's home arena. The previous 25 games by the away side on grass have given 12 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses.
It's quite the trip for Astana when visiting Dinamo Tbilisi as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.
Dinamo Tbilisi and Astana should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dinamo Tbilisi form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round against Neftci.The story so far in the Erovnuli Liga for Dinamo Tbilisi at their home stadium (Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Dinamo Tbilisi manager Tchiabrishvili and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Astana in the Champions League.
A 1-1 result against Dinamo Batumi (after extra-time) before that one, played at home in the Super Cup.
Goals decide football matches and Tbilisi are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Dinamo Tbilisi have conceded 13 goals.
Astana form and stats
Astana have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 20 points collected from 8 Premier League games. 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far.
Astana delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Dinamo Tbilisi in their previous game; a Champions League fixture.
A defeat, in the Kazakhstan Cup away at Ordabasy, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Astana in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Astana, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
After this away game Astana return home for a Premier League game against Atyrau. That game is only two sleeps after this.
Astana are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Astana's manager Babayan has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {2 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played before this season: Astana - Dinamo Tbilisi 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Oulad Omar 9 goals | Z. Marušić 7 goals |  O. Camara 6 goals |
Dinamo Tbilisi missing players
Astana missing players
| Dinamo Tbilisi | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Scored | S | 15 | 40 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 80% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.1 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Batumi | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Saburtalo | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Samgurali | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Dila | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 6 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 24 |
| 7 | Gagra | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 17 |
| 8 | Shukura | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 9 | Samtredia | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -21 | 11 |
| 10 | Telavi | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -25 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ordabasy | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Astana | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Kairat | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Tobol | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Kaisar | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Zhetysu | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 16 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Maqtaaral | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 13 | Kaspiy | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 10 |
| 14 | Aksu | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 7 |
