A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting WIT Georgia have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-5-13 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.
Saburtalo form and stats
Home games in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga have been a walk in the park for Saburtalo so far, with 21 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Saburtalo tasted defeat here at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games.
The fans are hoping that Saburtalo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga game against Dila (placed 8th). In the match before that, Saburtalo hosted Dinamo Tbilisi and drew the game 0-0.
Saburtalo can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Saburtalo have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
WIT Georgia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for WIT Georgia, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved WIT Georgia have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Lokomotivi Tbilisi game. WIT Georgia are desperate to end a 16-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Torpedo Kutaisi fixture.
The manager V. Khachidze was unhappy after their last game, a Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga match played at their home ground Mikheil Meskhi Stadium. WIT Georgia suffered a 0-2 loss to Lokomotivi Tbilisi (placed 6th). Before that, WIT Georgia travelled to Dinamo Batumi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
WIT Georgia are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. 9 goals have been conceded by WIT Georgia in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: WIT Georgia - Saburtalo 0-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 2 - 1 - 0 (Saburtalo wins - draws - WIT Georgia wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Diasamidze 9 goals |  O. Rolović 8 goals |  G. Kokhreidze 7 goals |
Saburtalo missing players
WIT Georgia missing players
| Saburtalo | WIT Georgia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 33 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 56 | 29 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 33 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 43 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 85% |
| 73% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 30% |
| 30% | 19% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 15% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 45% | 38% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 21% |
| 45% | 62% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 27% |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 67% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- Saburtalo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Saburtalo have scored more than double the goals of WIT Georgia.
- WIT Georgia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Saburtalo | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Chikhura | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Sioni | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 8 | Dila | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | WIT Georgia | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Rustavi | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -14 | 11 |