It's a fresh David Kipiani Cup campaign and Shukura are yearning to get on the pitch here at Chele Arena. Gagra are coming to visit and this looks to be a compelling season premiere.
Shukura form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Shukura as they were promoted from Erovnuli Liga 2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 14 games. The team scored 16 goals at home last season and conceded 5. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
This is expected to be a close game, with Shukura perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shukura as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Shukura has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Gagra form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Gagra as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 5 victories from 20 games, relegation was a fact. Gagra's manager Kirkitadze are hoping to lead the team right back to Erovnuli Liga at the first attempt.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gagra playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Gagra wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shukura four wins, four draws and Gagra two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Museliani 7 goals |  L. Ingorokva 6 goals | O. Mamasakhlisi 4 goals |
Shukura missing players
Gagra missing players
| Shukura | Gagra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shukura | Last season | Gagra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | ||
| 71% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 43% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 57% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | ||
| 43% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 20% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 7.8 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | Shukura | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | Merani Martvili | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Spaeri | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Norchi Dinamo | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 5 | Samtredia | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Gareji | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 7 | WIT Georgia | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 8 | Rustavi | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 10 |
| 9 | Shevardeni 1906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Zugdidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 41 | 47 |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Samgurali | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Dila | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Saburtalo | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Telavi | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 24 |
| 8 | Sioni | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 21 |
| 9 | Gagra | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 10 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 42 | -46 | 3 |
