The brand new season is about to begin and the regulars are tingling with optimism. It’s a new beginning as Shukura welcome Saburtalo for the opening match at Batumis Dinamos Satsvrtneli Baza. Read on!
This ground has the surface artifical turf, unlike Saburtalo's home arena. The former five games by the guests on artifical turf have produced 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
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 Shukura and Saburtalo.
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 15 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 22 games. The team scored 21 goals at home last season and conceded 11. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The manager Gotsiridze will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to WIT Georgia in only two days.
Saburtalo form and stats
A job perfectly done for Saburtalo last season as they secured promotion from Erovnuli Liga. With a grand total of 12 wins, 7 draws and 10 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 4 were in away matches.
Saburtalo have another game away from home in just four days, a Erovnuli Liga game against Torpedo Kutaisi. A strenuous calendar for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Saburtalo have won at least one point in the last 8 fixtures (6-2-0) facing Shukura.Top Goalscorers
  I. Sikharulidze 11 goals |   Z. Museliani 8 goals | L. Ingorokva 7 goals |
Shukura missing players
Saburtalo missing players
| Shukura | Saburtalo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Shukura | Last season | Saburtalo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 82% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 59% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 17% | ||
| 55% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 48% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 31% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | Shukura | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 47 |
| 2 | Merani Martvili | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 50 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 37 |
| 3 | Spaeri | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Samtredia | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Norchi Dinamo | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | -15 | 30 |
| 6 | Gareji | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | WIT Georgia | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 21 |
| 8 | Rustavi | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -13 | 20 |
| 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 Tbilisi | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 36 | 63 |
| 2 | Dinamo Batumi | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 44 | 61 |
| 3 | Dila | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 46 |
| 4 | Samgurali | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 5 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -3 | 44 |
| 6 | Saburtalo | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 43 |
| 7 | Telavi | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 31 |
| 8 | Sioni | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -18 | 30 |
| 9 | Gagra | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -20 | 26 |
| 10 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 29 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 55 | -62 | 7 |
