It's the second chance for points this season as Merani Martvili and Norchi Dinamo battle it out at Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Norchi Dinamo's home stadium. The visitors last 23 games on grass have ended in 9 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses.
Merani Martvili form and stats
Martvili lost their last game at Gagra (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gagra that ended 0-0.
Last season, Merani Martvili's league statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the David Kipiani Cup. Over these 18 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Merani Martvili managed 4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 9 conceded.
Norchi Dinamo form and stats
The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Norchi Dinamo, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Sioni game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. It's all red in the travel logs of Norchi Dinamo, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
There were no winners in Norchi's previous match, a Erovnuli Liga 2 home game that ended 0-0 vs Gareji (placed 6th). Prior to that match, the Norchi manager G. Daraselia faced defeat when travelling to Dinamo Tbilisi and losing 0-3.
Let's have a look at how Norchi Dinamo performed last season in the Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 6 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 1/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Martvili, one draw and four wins for Norchi Dinamo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Merani Martvili missing players
Norchi Dinamo missing players
| Merani Martvili | Norchi Dinamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Merani Martvili | Last season | Norchi Dinamo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 89% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | ||
| 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 17% | ||
| 11% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 11% | 33% | ||
| 39% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 89% | 67% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 12% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Zugdidi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Sioni | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chikhura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | WIT Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Gareji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Norchi Dinamo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Rustavi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Shevardeni 1906 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Merani Martvili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Shukura | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 2 | Samgurali | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Gagra | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Rustavi | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Zugdidi | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 6 | Shevardeni 1906 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 25 |
| 7 | Sioni | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Merani Martvili | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | WIT Georgia | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | Aragvi Dusheti | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 26 | -39 | 8 |
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 40 |
| 2 | Dinamo Batumi | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Dila | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Saburtalo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Telavi | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Samtredia | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 8 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 17 |
| 9 | Chikhura | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -22 | 13 |
| 10 | Norchi Dinamo | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | -28 | 6 |