Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round between Dila and KuPS. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
This football field uses grass, unlike KuPS's home stadium. The previous 26 games by the away side on grass have seen 13 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for KuPS, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Veikkausliiga.
Dila form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round against Zilina.Dila have been very solid at home in the Erovnuli Liga so far, with 25 points collected from 10 matches (8-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table.
The supporters are hoping that Dila will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Europa Conference League fixture against KuPS.
Prior to that, an away loss at Torpedo Kutaisi in the Erovnuli Liga.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dila have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Dila have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadioni Tengiz Burjanadze with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Dila have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
KuPS form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the play-offs against Union Berlin.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Veikkausliiga.
Popovitch, Savolainen, Bispo and Väyrynen scored in KuPS's previous match, the home game against Lahti that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, KuPS was the only team on the pitch versus Lahti in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
KuPS have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on KuPS as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other previously this season, with the final score KuPS - Dila 2-0 logged in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ikaunieks 5 goals |   N. Gagnidze 3 goals | T. Makatsaria 3 goals |
Dila missing players
KuPS missing players
| Dila | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 23% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 7.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 41 | 47 |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Samgurali | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Dila | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Saburtalo | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Telavi | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 24 |
| 8 | Sioni | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 21 |
| 9 | Gagra | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 10 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 42 | -46 | 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 | KuPS | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | HJK | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Honka | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Oulu | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Ilves | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Haka | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | VPS | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 16 |
| 9 | SJK | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Lahti | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 12 | HIFK | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -15 | 6 |
