A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Betlemi have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-0-9 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.
Merani Martvili form and stats
Merani Martvili, who have the most scored goals (77) in Liga 3, are steadily winning Liga 3 games and points here. 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. Two home wins in a row for Merani Martvili bring valid hopes of a third.
In their previous game, the manager G. Gigatadze led his Merani Martvili to a defeat in the Liga 3 match away at Bakhmaro. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that, Merani Martvili had a home game versus Meshakhte which ended with a victory 5-1.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Merani Martvili has scored 44 goals here in 17 home games. Merani Martvili are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 17 matches.
Betlemi form and stats
There's been little loot from Betlemi's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the Liga 3. Betlemi only have 4 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 1 draw.
Betlemi's last game was the home draw against Samgurali (1-1). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Borjomi wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.
Betlemi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 17 games (in the league). For Betlemi, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Betlemi - Merani Martvili 0-5. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Merani Martvili won 3 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Betlemi has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 1Top Goalscorers
  B. Bibilashvili 1 goals |  Z. Goguadze 1 goals |  B. Laghadze 1 goals |
Merani Martvili missing players
Betlemi missing players
| Merani Martvili | Betlemi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 77 | 44 | 14 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 24 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 37 | 61 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 80% |
| 51% | 65% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 76% | 57% |
| 34% | 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 26% | 35% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 40% | 59% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 51% | 41% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 17% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 24% | 31% |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 20 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 17 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 41% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
- Betlemi has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Betlemi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Betlemi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Betlemi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Betlemi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Merani Martvili has the fewest conceded goals (24)
- Merani Martvili has the most scored goals (44) at home
- Merani Martvili has the most scored goals (77)
- Merani Martvili has the most scored goals in the second half (4)
- Merani Martvili has the the best goal difference (+31) at home
- Merani Martvili has the the best goal difference (+53)
- Merani Martvili have created more than twice as many corners as Betlemi.
- Merani Martvili have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Merani Martvili have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Merani Martvili have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Betlemi have scored away.
- Merani Martvili have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Merani Martvili have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Merani Martvili | 35 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 77 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 53 | 79 |
| 2 | Samgurali | 35 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 67 |
| 3 | Aragvi Dusheti | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 61 |
| 4 | Bakhmaro | 35 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Saburtalo II | 35 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 51 | 66 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | -15 | 45 |
| 6 | Kolkheti Khobi | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 | -15 | 40 |
| 7 | Borjomi | 35 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 30 | -26 | 39 |
| 8 | Meshakhte | 35 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 38 | -12 | 38 |
| 9 | Betlemi | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 61 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 37 | -21 | 38 |
| 10 | Gori | 35 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -10 | 36 |