It's still early in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Saburtalo - Lokomotivi Tbilisi preview!
Saburtalo and Lokomotivi Tbilisi 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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Saburtalo form and stats
Saburtalo, who have the most points (6) at home in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga, must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga games here at Mikheil Meskhis sakhelobis Stadioni.
The Saburtalo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Telavi in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga and win 1-0. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Dinamo Batumi the opponent.
Saburtalo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Saburtalo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotivi Tbilisi form and stats
Lokomotivi Tbilisi, who have the most conceded goals (11) in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Lokomotivi Tbilisi failed to get anything from their last game, a Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga home match vs Dinamo Batumi (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Prior to that match, the Lokomotivi manager G. Tchiabrishvili faced defeat when travelling to Dinamo Tbilisi and losing 0-4.
Lokomotivi Tbilisi have the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Saburtalo five wins, three draws and Lokomotivi Tbilisi two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sikharulidze 4 goals |  I. Tabatadze 1 goals | G. Kokhreidze 1 goals |
Saburtalo missing players
Lokomotivi Tbilisi missing players
| Saburtalo | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 53 | 40 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 24 | 57 |
| 20 | 16 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 20% | 19% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
- All of Lokomotivi Tbilisi's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi has the most conceded goals (11)
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi has the most conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi has the most matches over the total-line (4)
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi has the most points from losing position (7)
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lokomotivi Tbilisi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saburtalo has the most points (6) at home
| Saburtalo | Last season | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 6 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 50 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 19 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 6 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 67% | ||
| 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 Tbilisi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Dila | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Saburtalo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 |
| 4 | Dinamo Batumi | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 6 | Telavi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Samtredia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Norchi Dinamo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Chikhura | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 2 |