A quick look at the Erovnuli Liga 2 table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our Merani Martvili - Gareji preview!
- Merani Martvili have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Gareji have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Erovnuli Liga 2
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Merani Martvili form and stats
4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Erovnuli Liga 2 numbers at home for Merani Martvili so far this season.
Martvili shared the glory with Sioni in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Before that, Merani Martvili drew at home versus Shevardeni 1906.A decent goal production from Merani Martvili in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Merani Martvili's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gareji form and stats
Gareji have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Erovnuli Liga 2, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Gareji won their last game, 3-2 versus WIT Georgia played at home. G. Kharebashvili certainly enjoyed Gareji's last game versus WIT Georgia, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-2 victory.
Before that, Gareji secured a home win against Sioni with the score 3-0.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Gareji have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Gareji - Martvili 1-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Martvili 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
  C. Sylla 10 goals | Z. Kantaria 4 goals |  G. Kharebashvili 4 goals |
Merani Martvili missing players
Gareji missing players
| Merani Martvili | Gareji | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 87% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.1 | 10.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 26% |
- Gareji have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Merani Martvili have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gareji have scored away.
- Merani Martvili have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Merani Martvili have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Merani Martvili have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Merani Martvili haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Gagra | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 33 |
| 3 | Merani Martvili | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Gareji | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | WIT Georgia | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Norchi Dinamo | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Shevardeni 1906 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Zugdidi | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 9 | Rustavi | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Chikhura | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -25 | 5 |