Erovnuli Liga match preview: Torpedo Kutaisi versus Saburtalo

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Competition: Georgia Erovnuli Liga
Date: Tue 14.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)

The managers K. Chkhetiani and G. Tchiabrishvili are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Erovnuli Liga league table.

It's no vacation for neither Torpedo Kutaisi nor Saburtalo 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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Torpedo Kutaisi form and stats

Torpedo Kutaisi are steadily winning games and points here. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.

Happy days for Torpedo Kutaisi in their previous game, a Erovnuli Liga match away at Lokomotivi Tbilisi that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that, Torpedo Kutaisi had a home game versus Dinamo Batumi which ended with a victory 3-2.

The Torpedo Kutaisi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 matches. Torpedo Kutaisi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Saburtalo form and stats

As the visiting team Saburtalo, who have the most scored goals (25) in Erovnuli Liga, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-3 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Saburtalo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Saburtalo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Rustavi in the Erovnuli Liga. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Lokomotivi Tbilisi.

Saburtalo have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. Saburtalo have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Torpedo Kutaisi and Saburtalo have met before this season: Saburtalo - Torpedo Kutaisi 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Torpedo Kutaisi wins - draws - Saburtalo wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Torpedo Kutaisi missing players

Saburtalo missing players

Torpedo Kutaisi Saburtalo
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played 1 6 12
7 4 1 Won 0 3 8
2 1 0 Drew 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost 1 3 4
18 10 3 Scored 2 14 25
13 7 2 Conceded 4 14 19
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 83%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 100% 100% 83%
25% 33% 100% Over 3.5 100% 83% 50%
17% 33% 100% Over 4.5 100% 50% 33%
42% 50% 100% BTTS 100% 83% 67%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 17% 33%
33% 33% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.9 6.5 2 Corners For (avg) 5 4.7 4.5
3.9 4.7 6 Corners Against (avg) 5 6 5.8
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2 2.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Saburtalo's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Saburtalo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Saburtalo have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Saburtalo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Torpedo Kutaisi
All David Kipiani Cup Champions League Erovnuli Liga Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
17-04-19 DKC Borjomi 1 - 4 Torpedo Kutaisi
21-04-19 EL Chikhura 0 - 0 Torpedo Kutaisi
25-04-19 EL Sioni 2 - 1 Torpedo Kutaisi
04-05-19 EL Torpedo Kutaisi 3 - 2 Dinamo Batumi
10-05-19 EL Lokomotivi Tbilisi 1 - 3 Torpedo Kutaisi
14-05-19 EL Torpedo Kutaisi 12:00 Saburtalo
20-05-19 EL Rustavi 15:00 Torpedo Kutaisi
24-05-19 EL Dinamo Tbilisi 15:00 Torpedo Kutaisi
29-05-19 EL Torpedo Kutaisi 17:00 Dila
02-06-19 EL WIT Georgia 17:00 Torpedo Kutaisi
Saburtalo
All David Kipiani Cup Erovnuli Liga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
16-04-19 DKC Saburtalo 1 - 0 Dinamo Batumi
20-04-19 EL Sioni 2 - 3 Saburtalo
24-04-19 EL Dinamo Batumi 4 - 2 Saburtalo
05-05-19 EL Saburtalo 1 - 0 Lokomotivi Tbilisi
10-05-19 EL Rustavi 3 - 1 Saburtalo
14-05-19 EL Torpedo Kutaisi 12:00 Saburtalo
20-05-19 EL Saburtalo 17:00 Dinamo Tbilisi
24-05-19 EL Dila 17:00 Saburtalo
28-05-19 EL Saburtalo 17:00 WIT Georgia
01-06-19 EL Chikhura 11:00 Saburtalo

  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 Dinamo Batumi 12 8 1 3 20 13 6 4 1 1 10 7 6 4 0 2 10 6 7 25
2 Saburtalo 12 8 0 4 25 19 6 5 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 3 14 14 6 24
3 Torpedo Kutaisi 12 7 2 3 18 13 6 4 1 1 10 7 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 23
4 Dinamo Tbilisi 12 6 2 4 24 13 6 5 0 1 15 5 6 1 2 3 9 8 11 20
5 Chikhura 12 4 6 2 15 11 6 3 3 0 10 3 6 1 3 2 5 8 4 18
6 Sioni 12 5 2 5 17 25 6 4 0 2 11 10 6 1 2 3 6 15 -8 17
7 Dila 12 4 2 6 11 12 6 3 1 2 7 5 6 1 1 4 4 7 -1 14
8 WIT Georgia 12 3 2 7 7 13 6 1 1 4 4 9 6 2 1 3 3 4 -6 11
9 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 12 3 0 9 13 21 6 1 0 5 7 14 6 2 0 4 6 7 -8 9
10 Rustavi 12 2 3 7 12 22 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 1 0 5 7 15 -10 9

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