Zugdidi - Rustavi: Erovnuli Liga 2 basement sides desperate for points and triumph. Read all the available statistics and facts before the fixture!
- Zugdidi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rustavi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This should be an intriguing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Zugdidi are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Rustavi are struggling to avoid relegation.
Zugdidi form and stats
All-inclusive Erovnuli Liga 2 statistics at home this season for Zugdidi are 10-0-7 (wins-draws-losses). When Zugdidi hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like WIT Georgia, Chikhura and Zugdidi), they have won 3 of 4 matches!
A strong away win for Zugdidi against Norchi Dinamo the last match, as I. Klimiashvili (2), V. Olkhovi and M. Radchenko were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Zugdidi played a great game against Norchi Dinamo and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Ahead of that match, Zugdidi won a home game hosting Gagra (2-1).The Zugdidi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zugdidi defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rustavi form and stats
There's been little loot from Rustavi's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 17 away games in the Erovnuli Liga 2. Rustavi only have 2 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Rustavi, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Rustavi, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus WIT Georgia (placed 8th).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Norchi Dinamo.Rustavi find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rustavi have conceded 35 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Rustavi - Zugdidi 3-0 was the score in these squads' last head to head match, earlier this season. Last nine meetings between these sides: Zugdidi won two, Rustavi triumphed in five and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  P. Kiteishvili 11 goals |   V. Olkhovi 6 goals |  I. Klimiashvili 5 goals |
Zugdidi missing players
Rustavi missing players
| Zugdidi | Rustavi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 43 | 25 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 39 |
| 65 | 29 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 35 | 51 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | 76% |
| 71% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 59% | 53% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 24% | 24% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 15% |
| 59% | 59% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 47% | 41% |
| 15% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 26% |
| 29% | 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 41% | 44% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.3 | 8.8 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.2 | 10.6 |
| 3.2 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 36% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 26% | 27% |
| 13.5 | 12.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 10.6 | 9.3 |
| 6.3 | 5.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4 |
- Rustavi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rustavi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rustavi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 38 | 78 |
| 2 | Gagra | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 70 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 45 | 72 |
| 3 | Merani Martvili | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 61 |
| 4 | Gareji | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 29 | -1 | 47 |
| 5 | Norchi Dinamo | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 2 | 44 |
| 6 | Shevardeni 1906 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 43 |
| 7 | Zugdidi | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 65 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 36 | -22 | 43 |
| 8 | WIT Georgia | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -11 | 39 |
| 9 | Rustavi | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 35 | -12 | 36 |
| 10 | Chikhura | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 39 | -60 | 10 |