Evenly matched teams: Zugdidi vs Tskhinvali match preview

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Competition: Georgia Erovnuli Liga 2
Date: Fri 14.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tsentraluri Stadioni (2500 seats)

Zugdidi hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 7 points and a 9th position in the Erovnuli Liga 2 table. Visiting Tskhinvali holds 5th place with 24 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Zugdidi nor Tskhinvali as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This pitch has grass, which is not Tskhinvali's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Tskhinvali have performed like this: Played 17 matches resulting in 4 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats with the goal stats 22-30 (scored/conceded).

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Zugdidi form and stats

Zugdidi's struggle is real here at Tsentraluri Stadioni with only 6 points collected from 8 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 2-0-6.

Zugdidi's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Tskhinvali. Ahead of that match, Zugdidi won a home game hosting Shukura (2-0).

Zugdidi aren't scoring a lot here at Tsentraluri Stadioni with only 7 goals from 8 games. Zugdidi are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played).

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Tskhinvali form and stats

As the visiting team Tskhinvali have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.

Tskhinvali play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Zugdidi. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Samtredia.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Tskhinvali in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Tskhinvali, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Tskhinvali have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, 8 away games. 10 goals have been conceded by Tskhinvali in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Zugdidi - Tskhinvali 1-3, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zugdidi won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Tskhinvali has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

D. Sitchinava
5 goals
G. Bukhaidze
4 goals
L. Gilmore
2 goals

Zugdidi missing players

Tskhinvali missing players

Zugdidi Tskhinvali
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played 2 8 15
2 2 1 Won 1 3 7
1 0 0 Drew 1 2 3
12 6 1 Lost 0 3 5
9 7 3 Scored 4 9 22
28 17 4 Conceded 1 10 17
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 50% 88% 93%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 50% 62% 73%
53% 62% 50% Over 2.5 50% 38% 53%
13% 25% 50% Over 3.5 50% 38% 27%
7% 12% 50% Over 4.5 50% 12% 13%
33% 38% 50% BTTS 50% 38% 40%
20% 25% 50% Clean Sheets 50% 25% 33%
53% 38% 0% Failed To Score 50% 50% 33%
 
2.8 2.6 4 Corners For (avg) 6.5 3.6 5.1
4.6 3.4 3 Corners Against (avg) 2.5 4.4 4.1
1.6 1.1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 2 2.1
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Zugdidi's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Tskhinvali have scored more than double the goals of Zugdidi.
  • Tskhinvali have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zugdidi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zugdidi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zugdidi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Zugdidi
All David Kipiani Cup Liga 3 Erovnuli Liga 2 Erovnuli Liga
All Home Away
17-05-19 EL2 Kolkheti Poti 2 - 0 Zugdidi
21-05-19 EL2 Zugdidi 1 - 2 Gagra
26-05-19 EL2 Norchi Dinamo 1 - 0 Zugdidi
01-06-19 EL2 Zugdidi 2 - 0 Shukura
14-06-19 EL2 Zugdidi 1 - 3 Tskhinvali
18-06-19 DKC Tbilisi City 13:00 Zugdidi
24-06-19 EL2 Guria 14:00 Zugdidi
30-06-19 EL2 Zugdidi 14:00 Shevardeni 1906
05-07-19 EL2 Telavi 14:00 Zugdidi
05-08-19 EL2 Samtredia 13:00 Zugdidi
Tskhinvali
All David Kipiani Cup Erovnuli Liga 2 Erovnuli Liga
All Home Away
16-05-19 EL2 Norchi Dinamo 4 - 0 Tskhinvali
20-05-19 EL2 Tskhinvali 1 - 0 Telavi
27-05-19 EL2 Shukura 2 - 0 Tskhinvali
02-06-19 EL2 Tskhinvali 1 - 1 Samtredia
14-06-19 EL2 Zugdidi 1 - 3 Tskhinvali
23-06-19 EL2 Tskhinvali 14:00 Kolkheti Poti
30-06-19 EL2 Guria 14:00 Tskhinvali
05-07-19 EL2 Tskhinvali 14:00 Gagra
05-08-19 EL2 Shevardeni 1906 13:00 Tskhinvali
11-08-19 EL2 Tskhinvali 13:00 Norchi Dinamo

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norchi Dinamo 14 11 2 1 35 13 7 6 0 1 19 7 7 5 2 0 16 6 22 35
2 Shevardeni 1906 14 7 6 1 18 5 7 4 2 1 10 4 7 3 4 0 8 1 13 27
3 Samtredia 15 7 5 3 22 13 7 4 3 0 13 6 8 3 2 3 9 7 9 26
4 Shukura 15 8 2 5 18 19 8 5 2 1 11 7 7 3 0 4 7 12 -1 26
5 Tskhinvali 15 7 3 5 22 17 7 4 1 2 13 7 8 3 2 3 9 10 5 24
6 Telavi 14 6 4 4 29 17 7 3 3 1 13 5 7 3 1 3 16 12 12 22
7 Gagra 14 5 3 6 17 16 7 2 2 3 7 6 7 3 1 3 10 10 1 18
8 Kolkheti Poti 15 4 1 10 12 29 8 1 1 6 4 15 7 3 0 4 8 14 -17 13
9 Zugdidi 15 2 1 12 9 28 8 2 0 6 7 17 7 0 1 6 2 11 -19 7
10 Guria 15 2 1 12 10 35 7 1 0 6 6 15 8 1 1 6 4 20 -25 7

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