Erovnuli Liga 2 prediction: Gagra should edge out Zugdidi on their own turf

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Competition: Georgia Erovnuli Liga 2
Competition: Wed 15.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)

Gagra have delivered well so far this season, sitting at 2nd spot in the table. Zugdidi can look both up and down from their 6th place.

Insights:
  • Gagra have the most scored goals (50) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Zugdidi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gagra form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 12 Erovnuli Liga 2 games here for Gagra. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Gagra haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Norchi Dinamo, 123 days ago.

A strong away win for Gagra against Rustavi the last match, as T. Makatsaria were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Norchi Dinamo in a game that was won 3-1.

The manager G. Kirkitadze will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shevardeni 1906 in only four days.

Gagra can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Gagra have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zugdidi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zugdidi so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Zugdidi's previous game versus Chikhura (placed 10th), a Erovnuli Liga 2 2-1 win played at home. A. Suladze came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Chikhura last time out, making the manager K. Gogichaishvili feel like a tactical genius.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Merani Martvili.

With the hosting team given a victory chance of approximately 80% by the bookies, any useful result for the visiting team would be a small shock. Checking historical matches with similar odds and Zugdidi as the visiting side, we found six results. The numbers from these were zero away wins, one draw and five defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Norchi Dinamo in just four days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Zugdidi, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Zugdidi - Gagra 1-5. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Gagra wins - draws - Zugdidi wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GagraT. Makatsaria
T. Makatsaria
15 goals
GagraT. Mumladze
T. Mumladze
6 goals
GagraI. Khabelashvili
I. Khabelashvili
5 goals

Gagra missing players

Zugdidi missing players

Gagra Zugdidi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
16 8 3 Won W 0 2 9
5 3 0 Drew D 1 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 3 7 12
50 25 9 Scored S 3 10 28
14 7 1 Conceded C 6 23 42
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
78% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 87%
48% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 65%
35% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 22%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 13%
39% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 55% 52%
57% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
9% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 45% 35%
 
5 5.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.4 3.3
2.8 2.5 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.2 5
1.6 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 13.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.2 7.7
6.1 5.8 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 3.4
36% 36% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 34%
Key stats in Erovnuli Liga 2 this season:
  • Gagra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gagra have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gagra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zugdidi have scored away.
  • Gagra have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the most clean sheets (13) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the most points (27) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the most scored goals (25) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the most scored goals (50) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have the the best goal difference (+36) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Gagra have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gagra haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zugdidi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Zugdidi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 23 18 1 4 46 19 11 8 1 2 20 7 12 10 0 2 26 12 27 55
2 Gagra 23 16 5 2 50 14 12 8 3 1 25 7 11 8 2 1 25 7 36 53
3 Merani Martvili 23 11 6 6 38 29 11 6 2 3 20 14 12 5 4 3 18 15 9 39
4 Gareji 23 10 3 10 29 29 11 8 1 2 21 9 12 2 2 8 8 20 0 33
5 Norchi Dinamo 23 8 7 8 37 33 12 5 5 2 18 13 11 3 2 6 19 20 4 31
6 Zugdidi 23 9 2 12 28 42 12 7 0 5 18 19 11 2 2 7 10 23 -14 29
7 Shevardeni 1906 23 6 9 8 24 25 11 4 3 4 20 14 12 2 6 4 4 11 -1 27
8 WIT Georgia 23 5 11 7 19 25 11 2 5 4 7 12 12 3 6 3 12 13 -6 26
9 Rustavi 23 5 5 13 20 35 12 3 4 5 9 13 11 2 1 8 11 22 -15 20
10 Chikhura 23 1 3 19 15 55 12 1 2 9 9 31 11 0 1 10 6 24 -40 6