Here's everything you need and want to know about the Erovnuli Liga 2 game Gareji - Merani Martvili!
- Gareji have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Merani Martvili have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Erovnuli Liga 2
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 Gareji and Merani Martvili.
Gareji form and stats
Gareji are steadily winning Erovnuli Liga 2 games and points here at Sagarejos Tsentraluri Stadioni. 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games.
Gareji enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at WIT Georgia's place. The match ended 2-1 with G. Kharebashvili (2) scoring.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Sioni.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gareji, as the David Kipiani Cup home game vs Saburtalo is only two days away.
The Gareji fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Gareji have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Merani Martvili form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Erovnuli Liga 2 travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Martvili are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing from Z. Sikharulia, K. Meliava and D. Lomtadze secured the home win 4-2 against Sioni in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Sioni was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game was the away victory against Shevardeni 1906 with the score of 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Martvili manager T. Moniava as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against WIT Georgia.
The travelling fans enjoy Martvili's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Martvili have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Merani Martvili - Gareji 3-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Gareji wins - draws - Merani Martvili wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Sylla 13 goals |  G. Kharebashvili 9 goals | Z. Sikharulia 7 goals |
Gareji missing players
Merani Martvili missing players
| Gareji | Merani Martvili | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 42 |
| 30 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 54% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 58% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 17% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 38% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 38% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 27% | 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 31% | 33% |
- Gareji have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gareji have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Gareji have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Gareji haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Merani Martvili have the most matches over the total-line (12) 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 | Gagra | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 56 |
| 2 | Sioni | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 25 | 55 |
| 3 | Merani Martvili | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | Gareji | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | Norchi Dinamo | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Zugdidi | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -17 | 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 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Rustavi | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 21 |
| 10 | Chikhura | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 24 | -40 | 6 |