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Competition: Georgia Erovnuli Liga
Date: Thu 27.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadioni Tamaz Stepania (3242 seats)

Struggling Sioni will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dinamo Tbilisi in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Sioni nor Dinamo Tbilisi 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.

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Sioni form and stats

The story so far for Sioni, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Erovnuli Liga, at their home stadium (Stadioni Tamaz Stepania) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sioni with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Lokomotivi Tbilisi game, 25 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

The Sioni crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Dinamo Tbilisi here at Stadioni Tamaz Stepania in a Erovnuli Liga match. Heartbreak before that as Sioni lost 0-7 at Torpedo Kutaisi's place.

The Sioni fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Sioni with 18 goals conceded in these matches.

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Dinamo Tbilisi form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term.

Two travels in a row for Dinamo Tbilisi, whose manager Félix Vicente could celebrate last time after the Erovnuli Liga win against Sioni. Before that, Dinamo Tbilisi secured a home win against Chikhura with the score 1-0.

Dinamo Tbilisi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Dinamo Tbilisi in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sioni - Dinamo Tbilisi 0-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 1 - 7 (Sioni wins - draws - Dinamo Tbilisi wins). As for goals, 9 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Shengelia
10 goals / 2 assists
J. Ugulava
8 goals
L. Kutalia
8 goals / 1 assists

Sioni missing players

Dinamo Tbilisi missing players

Sioni Dinamo Tbilisi
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played 3 10 20
6 4 0 Won 2 4 12
4 2 0 Drew 0 2 2
10 4 2 Lost 1 4 6
23 14 4 Scored 4 16 37
50 21 7 Conceded 3 12 22
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 100% 90% 95%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 33% 70% 70%
75% 80% 100% Over 2.5 33% 60% 60%
45% 40% 100% Over 3.5 33% 40% 40%
45% 40% 100% Over 4.5 33% 20% 20%
60% 60% 100% BTTS 33% 40% 50%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 40% 35%
30% 30% 0% Failed To Score 33% 30% 20%
 
3.2 4.3 6 Corners For (avg) 4 4.6 5.6
5.9 4.8 5 Corners Against (avg) 7.3 5.2 4.8
1.7 1.6 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 2.3 1.8
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Dinamo Tbilisi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sioni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sioni have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sioni have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Sioni
All David Kipiani Cup Erovnuli Liga Erovnuli Liga 2
All Home Away
02-06-19 EL Sioni 0 - 0 Lokomotivi Tbilisi
14-06-19 EL Saburtalo 2 - 1 Sioni
19-06-19 DKC Rustavi 2 - 0 Sioni
22-06-19 EL Torpedo Kutaisi 7 - 0 Sioni
27-06-19 EL Sioni 0 - 3 Dinamo Tbilisi
03-07-19 EL Dila 15:00 Sioni
03-08-19 EL Sioni 13:00 WIT Georgia
10-08-19 EL Chikhura 13:00 Sioni
17-08-19 EL Rustavi 13:00 Sioni
24-08-19 EL Sioni 13:00 Dinamo Batumi
Dinamo Tbilisi
All David Kipiani Cup Erovnuli Liga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-06-19 EL Dila 2 - 3 Dinamo Tbilisi
16-06-19 EL Dinamo Tbilisi 2 - 1 WIT Georgia
19-06-19 DKC Norchi Dinamo 0 - 0 Dinamo Tbilisi
23-06-19 EL Dinamo Tbilisi 1 - 0 Chikhura
27-06-19 EL Sioni 0 - 3 Dinamo Tbilisi
03-07-19 EL Dinamo Tbilisi 17:00 Dinamo Batumi
03-08-19 EL Lokomotivi Tbilisi 13:00 Dinamo Tbilisi
10-08-19 EL Dinamo Tbilisi 13:00 Saburtalo
17-08-19 EL Torpedo Kutaisi 13:00 Dinamo Tbilisi
24-08-19 EL Dinamo Tbilisi 13:00 Rustavi

  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 Saburtalo 18 12 2 4 36 23 9 8 0 1 18 6 9 4 2 3 18 17 13 38
2 Dinamo Batumi 18 12 1 5 31 18 9 7 1 1 19 9 9 5 0 4 12 9 13 37
3 Dinamo Tbilisi 18 10 2 6 33 22 9 7 0 2 20 10 9 3 2 4 13 12 11 32
4 Torpedo Kutaisi 18 9 3 6 33 29 9 5 2 2 20 16 9 4 1 4 13 13 4 30
5 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 18 8 1 9 23 22 9 4 0 5 11 14 9 4 1 4 12 8 1 25
6 Chikhura 18 5 8 5 24 20 9 3 5 1 11 5 9 2 3 4 13 15 4 23
7 Sioni 18 6 4 8 23 40 9 4 2 3 14 18 9 2 2 5 9 22 -17 22
8 Dila 18 5 4 9 19 22 9 4 2 3 11 9 9 1 2 6 8 13 -3 19
9 Rustavi 18 3 5 10 20 33 9 2 3 4 9 13 9 1 2 6 11 20 -13 14
10 WIT Georgia 18 4 2 12 11 24 9 2 1 6 7 13 9 2 1 6 4 11 -13 14

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