This could be another absorbing skirmish at Sagarejos Tsentraluri Stadioni in the David Kipiani Cup. Gareji is in 1st place and welcome Saburtalo in 2nd position. Read all about the match here!
It's no vacation for neither Gareji nor Saburtalo 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.
Gareji form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Gareji as they were promoted from Erovnuli Liga 2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 14 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses from 31 games. The team scored 29 goals at home last season and conceded 14. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gareji, as the Erovnuli Liga 2 home game vs Sioni is only four days away.
Saburtalo form and stats
A job perfectly done for Saburtalo last season as they secured promotion from Erovnuli Liga. With a grand total of 13 wins, 11 draws and 7 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Saburtalo manager K. Shubitidze as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Dinamo Batumi.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Kharebashvili 14 goals |  I. Tabatadze 9 goals | D. Mandricenco 9 goals |
Gareji missing players
Saburtalo missing players
| Gareji | Saburtalo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| Gareji | Last season | Saburtalo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 31 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 31 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 29 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 81% | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 74% | ||
| 61% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 19% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 23% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 13% | ||
| 39% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 48% | ||
| 35% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 26% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 31% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sioni | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 32 | 69 |
| 2 | Gagra | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 41 | 66 |
| 3 | Merani Martvili | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 55 |
| 4 | Gareji | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 46 |
| 5 | Norchi Dinamo | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 43 |
| 6 | Shevardeni 1906 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | Zugdidi | 31 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 36 | 63 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -27 | 36 |
| 8 | WIT Georgia | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -13 | 34 |
| 9 | Rustavi | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -9 | 33 |
| 10 | Chikhura | 31 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 33 | -52 | 9 |
| Last season | 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 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 62 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 37 | 64 |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 25 | 60 |
| 3 | Dila | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
| 4 | Saburtalo | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 50 |
| 5 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -3 | 47 |
| 6 | Samgurali | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 36 |
| 7 | Telavi | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -16 | 35 |
| 8 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -10 | 30 |
| 9 | Shukura | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -16 | 26 |
| 10 | Samtredia | 31 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 34 | -33 | 20 |