After the first game it's Samgurali - Shukura 1-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Erovnuli Liga 2 game of the season?
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.
Samgurali's stadium, Stadioni 26 Maisi, has a grass surface. Shukura have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Shukura when playing on grass; 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 17 matches. They have scored 18 goals in these games and conceded 21.
Samgurali form and stats
The Samgurali fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadioni 26 Maisi and will expect new points from this game. Samgurali has played 25 games in a row here without a defeat.
An away draw last time out for Samgurali, facing Rustavi in a game that ended 1-1.
Last season, Samgurali's league statistics were 21 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Liga 3. Over these 36 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Samgurali managed 14-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 37 goals and 10 conceded.
Shukura form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Erovnuli Liga 2, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats from 18 matches.
Two travels in a row for Shukura, whose manager G. Shashiashvili could celebrate last time after the Erovnuli Liga 2 win against Merani Martvili. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Samtredia wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shukura has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Let's have a look at how Shukura performed last season in the Erovnuli Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 17/30 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Samgurali-Shukura H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Samgurali three wins, Shukura four wins, zero draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Samgurali missing players
Shukura missing players
| Samgurali | Shukura | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| Samgurali | Last season | Shukura | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 52 | 37 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 30 | 46 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 67% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 69% | ||
| 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | ||
| 19% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 39% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 36% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 37 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 165 | 338 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 73 | 157 | ||
| 20% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 21% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Rustavi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Samgurali | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Gagra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Zugdidi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Merani Martvili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | 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 | Norchi Dinamo | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 87 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 52 | 81 |
| 2 | Samtredia | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 35 | 77 |
| 3 | Telavi | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 70 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 34 | 63 |
| 4 | Shevardeni 1906 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -1 | 52 |
| 5 | Gagra | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 4 | 47 |
| 6 | Shukura | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -10 | 46 |
| 7 | Zugdidi | 36 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 54 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 24 | -16 | 40 |
| 8 | Guria | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 64 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 9 | Kolkheti Poti | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 80 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 45 | -49 | 28 |
| 10 | Tskhinvali | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 38 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 33 | -24 | 26 |