The Merani Martvili manager G. Gigatadze attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Rustavi and their manager S. Davitashvili are in 6th place before this match.
Merani Martvili and Rustavi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Merani Martvili form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Merani Martvili's two home games in the Erovnuli Liga 2 so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Martvili, as their goalkeeper Andre Nonos has completely shut out the opponents for 276 minutes in the Erovnuli Liga 2.
Happy days for Martvili in their previous game, a Erovnuli Liga 2 match away at Shevardeni 1906 (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that, Martvili had a home game versus Aragvi Dusheti which ended with a victory 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Merani Martvili perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Merani Martvili as a small favourite), we find one game. Merani Martvili has won zero of these, drawn zero and lost one.
At Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava, Merani Martvili has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Rustavi form and stats
Only one away game in the Erovnuli Liga 2 so far for Rustavi and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 6 losses from 9 travels.
Rustavi might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Gagra proved too strong as Rustavi slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Teknikuri Tsentri. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at WIT Georgia.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Rustavi in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Rustavi, two draws and zero defeats.
It's early days yet, but Rustavi has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Martvili won three, Rustavi won two and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Sharashenidze 3 goals | A. Rokhvadze 2 goals | L. Tsotsonava 1 goals |
Merani Martvili missing players
Rustavi missing players
| Merani Martvili | Rustavi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 16 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 38% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 26% |
| Merani Martvili | Last season | Rustavi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 78 | 45 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 32 | 56 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | ||
| 67% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 78% | ||
| 50% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 28% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 14% | ||
| 39% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 72% | 58% | ||
| 53% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 31% | ||
| 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 26 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 171 | 379 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 138 | ||
| 41% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Merani Martvili | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | WIT Georgia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Gagra | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Sioni | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Rustavi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 7 | Samgurali | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Shevardeni 1906 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 9 | Aragvi Dusheti | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Zugdidi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 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 | Merani Martvili | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 78 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 54 | 82 |
| 2 | Samgurali | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 70 |
| 3 | Aragvi Dusheti | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 61 |
| 4 | Bakhmaro | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 54 |
| 5 | Saburtalo II | 36 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 53 | 67 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | -14 | 48 |
| 6 | Kolkheti Khobi | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | -15 | 41 |
| 7 | Gori | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 45 | 52 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -7 | 39 |
| 8 | Meshakhte | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 38 | -12 | 39 |
| 9 | Borjomi | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 30 | 57 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 32 | -27 | 39 |
| 10 | Betlemi | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 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 Batumi | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Saburtalo | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | Chikhura | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Sioni | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 8 | Dila | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | WIT Georgia | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Rustavi | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -14 | 11 |