Football match preview: Chikhura vs Gareji

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Competition: Georgia Erovnuli Liga 2
Competition: Thu 23.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsentraluri Stadioni (2000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Tsentraluri Stadioni haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Chikhura rotting in the 10th place. The guesting Gareji will try to guard their higher league position in this match.

Insights:
  • Chikhura have the fewest scored goals (15) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gareji have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Erovnuli Liga 2

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Chikhura form and stats

Chikhura's struggle is real here at Tsentraluri Stadioni with only 5 points collected from 12 Erovnuli Liga 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-9. All in all it has been a very rough period for Chikhura who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 17 attempts. Their previous win was against Guria, 156 days ago.

In their previous game, the manager M. Mikadze led his Chikhura to a defeat in the Erovnuli Liga 2 match away at Sioni. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tsentraluri Stadioni.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Zugdidi.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Chikhura here at Tsentraluri Stadioni in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Chikhura having conceded 31 goals here at Tsentraluri Stadioni so far.

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Gareji form and stats

There's been little loot from Gareji's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Erovnuli Liga 2. Gareji only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.

The supporters enjoyed Gareji's previous game versus Merani Martvili (placed 3rd), a Erovnuli Liga 2 3-2 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Merani Martvili, was very satisfying as G. Kharebashvili scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus WIT Georgia at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The attacking power of Gareji when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gareji have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Gareji - Chikhura 2-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Chikhura wins - draws - Gareji wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GarejiG. Kharebashvili
G. Kharebashvili
10 goals
GarejiG. Tkeshelashvili
G. Tkeshelashvili
5 goals
GarejiN. Nozadze
N. Nozadze
4 goals

Chikhura missing players

Gareji missing players

Chikhura Gareji
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 4 13 25
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 12
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
20 9 2 Lost L 2 8 10
15 9 2 Scored S 4 10 34
57 31 8 Conceded C 5 21 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 92%
92% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 80%
50% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 56%
33% 42% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 20%
12% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 16%
46% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 36%
4% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 36%
50% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 36%
 
2.8 2.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 4.9
5.3 4.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.7 3.5
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.9 7 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.9 11.4
2.4 2.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.8
25% 28% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 19% 28%
Key stats in Erovnuli Liga 2 this season:
  • Chikhura have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Chikhura have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chikhura have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the fewest points (5) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the fewest scored goals (15) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the most conceded goals (57) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the the worst goal difference (-22) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura have the the worst goal difference (-42) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Chikhura haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chikhura is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Gareji have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gareji have scored more than double the goals of Chikhura.
  • Gareji have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Erovnuli Liga 2

  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 25 19 1 5 50 23 12 9 1 2 22 7 13 10 0 3 28 16 27 58
2 Gagra 25 17 6 2 55 16 13 9 3 1 29 8 12 8 3 1 26 8 39 57
3 Merani Martvili 25 12 6 7 44 34 12 7 2 3 24 16 13 5 4 4 20 18 10 42
4 Gareji 25 12 3 10 34 32 12 9 1 2 24 11 13 3 2 8 10 21 2 39
5 Norchi Dinamo 25 9 8 8 42 35 13 5 6 2 19 14 12 4 2 6 23 21 7 35
6 Zugdidi 25 9 2 14 30 50 13 7 0 6 19 23 12 2 2 8 11 27 -20 29
7 Shevardeni 1906 24 6 10 8 25 26 12 4 4 4 21 15 12 2 6 4 4 11 -1 28
8 WIT Georgia 25 5 11 9 21 32 12 2 5 5 8 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 -11 26
9 Rustavi 25 6 6 13 26 37 13 4 4 5 14 14 12 2 2 8 12 23 -11 24
10 Chikhura 24 1 3 20 15 57 12 1 2 9 9 31 12 0 1 11 6 26 -42 6