Delightful dogfight as daring Torpedo Kutaisi duel with determined Telavi

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Competition: Georgia Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga
Competition: Tue 17.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ramaz Shengelias Sakhelobis Stadioni (12000 seats)

Torpedo Kutaisi want to get a lot of fans in for this game even though the season has been grim up to now with 14 points and a 8th spot in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga table. Guests Telavi are in 6th place with 19 pts.

Insights:
  • Torpedo Kutaisi have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga
  • Telavi have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga

It's no vacation for neither Torpedo Kutaisi nor Telavi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Torpedo Kutaisi form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga this season. Torpedo Kutaisi have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Ramaz Shengelias Sakhelobis Stadioni. With Torpedo Kutaisi having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Tsetsadze.

Happy days for Torpedo in their previous game, a fixture away at Lokomotivi Tbilisi (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Saburtalo that was lost 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Torpedo Kutaisi handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The manager Tsetsadze will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Samgurali in only four days.

Torpedo aren't scoring a lot here at Ramaz Shengelias Sakhelobis Stadioni in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

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Telavi form and stats

Playing away, Telavi have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Telavi's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Telavi go into this game after a win, the home game against Gagra that ended 1-0. Goshteliani came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gagra last time out, making the manager Tchelidze feel like a tactical genius.

Prior to that match, the Telavi manager Tchelidze faced defeat when travelling to Samgurali and losing 1-2.

Telavi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 6 matches.

After this away game Telavi return home for a Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga game against Dinamo Batumi. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Telavi find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Telavi in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Telavi - Torpedo Kutaisi 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Torpedo three wins, four draws and Telavi one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torpedo KutaisiG. Kukhianidze
G. Kukhianidze
4 goals
TelaviA. Tolordava
A. Tolordava
2 goals
TelaviI. Ashortia
I. Ashortia
2 goals

Torpedo Kutaisi missing players

Telavi missing players

Torpedo Kutaisi Telavi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 6 13
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 4
7 4 1 Lost L 0 3 4
11 5 1 Scored S 5 7 16
20 11 1 Conceded C 2 7 10
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
77% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 62%
38% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 31%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 15%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
15% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 31%
31% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 54%
62% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 31%
 
2.8 3.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.5 3.9
6 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.7 5.1
1.9 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.1 9.6 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 4.5 6.3
3.1 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.9
30% 25% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 83% 54% 42%
 
11 11.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9 8.3
4.9 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5 3.8
Key stats in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga this season:
  • Telavi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Telavi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Telavi have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga
  • Telavi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Telavi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Torpedo Kutaisi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Torpedo Kutaisi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Torpedo Kutaisi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torpedo Kutaisi have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga
  • Torpedo Kutaisi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Torpedo Kutaisi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 8 4 1 28 7 6 5 1 0 18 4 7 3 3 1 10 3 21 28
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 14 7 5 2 22 11 7 4 3 0 9 2 7 3 2 2 13 9 11 26
3 Samgurali 13 6 5 2 17 9 7 3 3 1 10 7 6 3 2 1 7 2 8 23
4 Saburtalo 14 6 5 3 19 13 7 4 3 0 14 6 7 2 2 3 5 7 6 23
5 Dila 13 7 1 5 15 12 7 6 0 1 11 5 6 1 1 4 4 7 3 22
6 Telavi 13 5 4 4 16 10 7 3 3 1 9 3 6 2 1 3 7 7 6 19
7 Gagra 13 5 2 6 17 21 6 4 1 1 10 7 7 1 1 5 7 14 -4 17
8 Torpedo Kutaisi 13 4 2 7 11 20 6 2 0 4 5 11 7 2 2 3 6 9 -9 14
9 Sioni 13 2 4 7 14 28 6 1 2 3 7 14 7 1 2 4 7 14 -14 10
10 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 13 0 0 13 9 37 7 0 0 7 1 15 6 0 0 6 8 22 -28 0