The league table in Liga 3 tells a story about these teams so far, with Merani Martvili leading Meshakhte by 41 points. Match preview to follow:
Merani Martvili and Meshakhte should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Merani Martvili have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. For Meshakhte most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Merani Martvili form and stats
Merani Martvili, who have the most scored goals (71) in Liga 3, have performed here this season with 11 wins from 16 Liga 3 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.
In their previous game, the manager G. Gigatadze led his Merani Martvili to a defeat in the Liga 3 match away at Aragvi Dusheti. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that, Merani Martvili had a home game versus Kolkheti Khobi which ended with a victory 4-1.
The Merani Martvili manager G. Gigatadze has got the team scoring with 39 from 16 home games in the league. Merani Martvili are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.
Meshakhte form and stats
There's been little loot from Meshakhte's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Liga 3. Meshakhte only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. Meshakhte has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Meshakhte failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga 3 home match vs Samgurali (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Borjomi at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Meshakhte are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). For Meshakhte, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Meshakhte - Merani Martvili 0-3 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Merani Martvili victories, 3 draws and 1 Meshakhte win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Merani Martvili missing players
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| Merani Martvili | Meshakhte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 71 | 39 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 38 |
| 20 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 33 | 50 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 67% |
| 48% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 55% |
| 30% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 50% | 27% |
| 24% | 31% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 19% | 9% |
| 36% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 42% |
| 55% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 27% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 36% |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 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 Meshakhte 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.
- Meshakhte have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Meshakhte have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Merani Martvili | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 71 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 51 | 76 |
| 2 | Samgurali | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 63 |
| 3 | Aragvi Dusheti | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 33 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Bakhmaro | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 51 |
| 5 | Saburtalo II | 33 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 50 | 59 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 41 | -9 | 45 |
| 6 | Betlemi | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 33 | -19 | 37 |
| 7 | Kolkheti Khobi | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -16 | 36 |
| 8 | Borjomi | 33 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 25 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 30 | -27 | 36 |
| 9 | Meshakhte | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 33 | -12 | 35 |
| 10 | Gori | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -11 | 32 |