6 points separate the teams so far this season, Merani Martvili having performed best. Can Zugdidi strike back?
- All of Zugdidi's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Merani Martvili have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Erovnuli Liga 2
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.
Zugdidi form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tsentraluri Stadioni as Zugdidi have scored 8 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Erovnuli Liga 2 are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Zugdidi with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Rustavi game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Zugdidi, their manager K. Gogichaishvili and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
L. Guguchia was the last player to score a league goal for Zugdidi and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Zugdidi haven't scored in 218 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager K. Gogichaishvili led his Zugdidi to a defeat in the Erovnuli Liga 2 match away at Gareji. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tsentraluri Stadioni. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sioni (0-2).
The Zugdidi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. On the other hand, Zugdidi have conceded 6 goals.
Merani Martvili form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Merani Martvili playing as the away team in the Erovnuli Liga 2 this season.
N. Kharabadze scored in Martvili's previous match, the home game against Rustavi that ended 2-0. Before that, Martvili travelled to Norchi Dinamo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gagra in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Martvili have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. 8 goals have been conceded by Merani Martvili in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Merani Martvili - Zugdidi 1-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zugdidi two wins, one draw and Merani Martvili seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Sylla 9 goals | Z. Kantaria 3 goals |   I. Klimiashvili 2 goals |
Zugdidi missing players
Merani Martvili missing players
| Zugdidi | Merani Martvili | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 10.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 3.4 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 28% |
- All of Zugdidi's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Merani Martvili have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Erovnuli Liga 2
- Merani Martvili haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zugdidi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Gagra | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | Merani Martvili | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | Gareji | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | WIT Georgia | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Norchi Dinamo | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Shevardeni 1906 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Zugdidi | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 9 | Rustavi | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 10 | Chikhura | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -17 | 5 |