Football match preview: Norchi Dinamo vs Merani Martvili

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Competition: Georgia Erovnuli Liga 2
Competition: Thu 14.October
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadioni Spaeri (2500 seats)

Hey! Here's all you should know about the Erovnuli Liga 2 fixture Norchi Dinamo - Merani Martvili!

Insights:
  • Merani Martvili is in the best form (4-1-1)

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 has artifical turf, which is not Merani Martvili's everyday surface at their own stadium. When appearing on artifical turf Merani Martvili have performed like this: Played ten matches resulting in 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats with the goal numbers 24-9 (scored/conceded).

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Norchi Dinamo form and stats

Overall Erovnuli Liga 2 statistics at home this season for Norchi Dinamo are 6-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).

N. Kelbakiani was the last player to score a league goal for Norchi Dinamo and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Norchi haven't scored in 180 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Norchi will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Erovnuli Liga 2 game against Gareji (placed 4th).

Before that, Norchi Dinamo played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Sioni.

There will be little rest for Norchi Dinamo after this match as they are travelling to Chikhura for a Erovnuli Liga 2 game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Norchi in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Norchi Dinamo have conceded 16 goals.

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Merani Martvili form and stats

Playing away, Merani Martvili have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Erovnuli Liga 2 this season.

Merani Martvili go into this game after a win, the home game against Gagra that ended 1-0. D. Tsulaia came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gagra last time out, making the manager T. Moniava feel like a tactical genius.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Chikhura.

A new game in only four days for Merani Martvili, the Erovnuli Liga 2 home match versus Rustavi. Busy days.

Merani Martvili has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Martvili in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended Merani Martvili - Norchi Dinamo 1-3, earlier this season. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Norchi, two draws and four wins for Merani Martvili. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Merani MartviliC. Sylla
C. Sylla
16 goals
Merani MartviliZ. Sikharulia
Z. Sikharulia
9 goals
NorchiI. Deisadze
I. Deisadze
7 goals

Norchi Dinamo missing players

Merani Martvili missing players

Norchi Dinamo Merani Martvili
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 2 Played P 4 14 28
10 6 1 Won W 2 5 14
9 6 0 Drew D 0 5 7
9 2 1 Lost L 2 4 7
47 24 7 Scored S 6 21 49
40 16 8 Conceded C 6 19 36
82% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
82% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 86% 86%
64% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 57% 57%
32% 21% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 36%
21% 21% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 18%
61% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 71% 71%
29% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
29% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 11%
 
5.4 5.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.7
5.3 5.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.1 3.4
2.1 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.8 11.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10 10.9
4.9 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.6 5.3
34% 34% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 32% 34%
Key stats in Erovnuli Liga 2 this season:
  • Merani Martvili have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Merani Martvili have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Erovnuli Liga 2
  • Merani Martvili is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 28 20 3 5 54 26 14 10 2 2 25 9 14 10 1 3 29 17 28 63
2 Gagra 28 18 7 3 58 19 14 9 4 1 30 9 14 9 3 2 28 10 39 61
3 Merani Martvili 28 14 7 7 49 36 14 9 2 3 28 17 14 5 5 4 21 19 13 49
4 Gareji 28 14 3 11 41 34 14 10 1 3 28 13 14 4 2 8 13 21 7 45
5 Norchi Dinamo 28 10 9 9 47 40 14 6 6 2 24 16 14 4 3 7 23 24 7 39
6 Shevardeni 1906 27 8 10 9 35 35 14 6 4 4 29 19 13 2 6 5 6 16 0 34
7 Zugdidi 28 10 2 16 33 58 14 8 0 6 21 24 14 2 2 10 12 34 -25 32
8 WIT Georgia 28 6 12 10 24 35 14 3 6 5 10 15 14 3 6 5 14 20 -11 30
9 Rustavi 28 7 6 15 34 44 14 5 4 5 17 14 14 2 2 10 17 30 -10 27
10 Chikhura 27 1 3 23 16 64 13 1 2 10 9 34 14 0 1 13 7 30 -48 6