Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Zugdidi in 4th and Norchi Dinamo in 5th place.
- Zugdidi have won all their matches at home so far.
- Norchi Dinamo have lost all their away matches so far.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Zugdidi's stadium has a grass surface. Norchi Dinamo 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 Norchi Dinamo when playing on grass; 8 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses from 22 matches. They have scored 31 goals in these games and conceded 38.
Zugdidi form and stats
Perfect Erovnuli Liga 2 season at home so far for Zugdidi 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Ahead of that match, Zugdidi won a home game hosting Chikhura (2-0).
As you see from the result above, Zugdidi suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The manager K. Gogichaishvili will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rustavi in only four days.
Zugdidi can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Zugdidi have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Norchi Dinamo form and stats
It's not happening yet for Norchi Dinamo on their Erovnuli Liga 2 travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Bitter travels for Norchi as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Saburtalo match.
Impressive finishing from G. Karkuzashvili and V. Shengelidze secured the home win 2-1 against Rustavi in their previous game. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs WIT Georgia.
After this away game Norchi Dinamo return home for a Erovnuli Liga 2 game against Shevardeni 1906. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Norchi Dinamo have the goal stats of 0-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - zero - four (Zugdidi wins - draws - Norchi Dinamo wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Klimiashvili 1 goals |  G. Kashia 1 goals | D. Kiria 1 goals |
Zugdidi missing players
Norchi Dinamo missing players
| Zugdidi | Norchi Dinamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.5 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
- All of Norchi Dinamo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Zugdidi's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Norchi Dinamo have failed to score a single goal away.
- Norchi Dinamo have lost all their away matches so far.
- Zugdidi have won all their matches at home so far.
- Zugdidi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Gagra | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13 |
| 3 | Merani Martvili | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Zugdidi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Norchi Dinamo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 6 | WIT Georgia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Gareji | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 8 | Rustavi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Shevardeni 1906 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Chikhura | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 4 |