A key match in Erovnuli Liga 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Samgurali in 2nd position and Gagra placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Samgurali form and stats
The story so far in the Erovnuli Liga 2 for Samgurali, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2, at their home stadium is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In general it's been a long time since Samgurali tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Samgurali are confident in defense, having played 305 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Samgurali drew their last game, also a home match. Gagra (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that, Samgurali had a David Kipiani Cup home game versus Chikhura which ended with a victory 2-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Samgurali have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost zero.
Samgurali are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. As for guarding their own goal, Samgurali have only let in 2 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Gagra form and stats
Playing away, Gagra, who have the most points (14) away in Erovnuli Liga 2, have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 0 defeats in the Erovnuli Liga 2 this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Aragvi Dusheti game have they lost an away game, meaning Gagra has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Gagra goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 256 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Samgurali (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The Erovnuli Liga 2 match ended in a draw 0-0. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Saburtalo (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the David Kipiani Cup.
Gagra are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, four draws and one defeat. From a total of five matches.
Gagra are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Gagra defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Samgurali - Gagra 0-0 entered in the official records. Samgurali-Gagra H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Samgurali three wins, Gagra four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Kukhianidze 6 goals |  G. Ivaniadze 5 goals | I. Khabelashvili 4 goals |
Samgurali missing players
Gagra missing players
| Samgurali | Gagra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 75% | 62% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 75% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 194 | 102 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 69 | 165 |
| 73 | 34 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 32 | 66 |
| 27% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 33% |
- Gagra has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Gagra has the most clean sheets (6) away in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Gagra has the most points (14) away in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Gagra has the the best goal difference (+9) away in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Gagra have not yet lost a game away.
- Gagra have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Samgurali has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Samgurali has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Samgurali has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Samgurali has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Samgurali has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Samgurali has the most matches under the total-line (11) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Samgurali have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 31 |
| 2 | Samgurali | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Gagra | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | Merani Martvili | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Sioni | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Rustavi | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 7 | Zugdidi | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | WIT Georgia | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Shevardeni 1906 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 13 |
| 10 | Aragvi Dusheti | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -17 | 8 |