This promises to be another interesting encounter at Mikheil Meskhis sakhelobis Stadioni in the David Kipiani Cup. Saburtalo is in 2nd position and welcome Dila in 1st place. Read all about the match here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saburtalo and Dila.
Saburtalo form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Saburtalo as they were promoted from Erovnuli Liga last season. Happy days that were secured through 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses from 14 games. The team scored 6 goals at home last season and conceded 6. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
There will be little rest for Saburtalo after this match as they are travelling to Telavi for a Erovnuli Liga game in only four days.
Saburtalo have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Saburtalo scored 2 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Dila form and stats
A job perfectly done for Dila last season as they secured promotion from Erovnuli Liga. With a grand total of 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 4 were in away matches.
After this away game Dila return home for a Erovnuli Liga game against Dinamo Tbilisi. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's a day of discovery for Dila as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Dila have played two with the results W2-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Dila has scored 4 goals and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Saburtalo, four draws and three wins for Dila. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Tabatadze 6 goals | D. Mandricenco 5 goals |  I. Bidzinashvili 3 goals |
Saburtalo missing players
Dila missing players
| Saburtalo | Dila | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Saburtalo | Last season | Dila | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | ||
| 71% | 57% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 43% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 43% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 29% | ||
| 36% | 57% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 21% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Dila | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Saburtalo | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Samgurali | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Shukura | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 8 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Samtredia | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 10 | Telavi | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 8 |