Torpedo Kutaisi host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Aktobe will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Ortalıq Stadion before the return leg in 11 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Aktobe have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Torpedo Kutaisi form and stats
Torpedo have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Sarajevo.4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Erovnuli Liga numbers at home for Torpedo Kutaisi so far this season.
The Torpedo Kutaisi boss Kean and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sarajevo in the Europa Conference League.
A 2-2 result against Sarajevo before that, played at their own home stadium in the Europa Conference League.
Torpedo are traveling soon after this match as the David Kipiani Cup match at Spaeri awaits in two days.
The Torpedo Kutaisi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Torpedo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aktobe form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.
Aktobe have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 238 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
The supporters enjoyed Aktobe's previous game versus Kaisar, a 1-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Shakhter Karagandy at their stadium, the result 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aktobe manager Karpovich as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Kaspiy.
The travelling fans enjoy Aktobe's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Aktobe as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Torpedo zero wins, one draw and Aktobe one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kenesov 6 goals |  M. Samorodov 4 goals |   I. Bughridze 3 goals |
Torpedo Kutaisi missing players
Aktobe missing players
| Torpedo Kutaisi | Aktobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Scored | S | 16 | 46 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Astana | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Kairat | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Atyrau | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Tobol | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 20 |
| 9 | Kaisar | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Maqtaaral | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Kaspiy | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | Aksu | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 8 |
