Another action-packed fixture in Liga 3 as Merani Martvili welcome Samgurali

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Competition: Georgia Liga 3
Date: Wed 16.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)

A key match in Liga 3 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 1st position and the visitors placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Merani Martvili nor Samgurali 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.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Merani Martvili form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Merani Martvili, who have the most scored goals (64) in Liga 3, have scored 35 goals to get 32 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Liga 3 are 10-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Merani Martvili are returning here after visiting Borjomi in a Liga 3 game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. In the preceding match a 5-0 victory visiting Betlemi.

Merani Martvili are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 35 goals in 14 attempts. Merani Martvili are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Samgurali form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 3 travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. Samgurali have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena. Samgurali has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Saburtalo II.

It's the second away game in a row for Samgurali, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Gori (placed 7th) in the Liga 3 last time out. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Borjomi.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Samgurali have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Samgurali - Merani Martvili 2-0. Merani Martvili-Samgurali H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Merani Martvili 4 wins, Samgurali 2 wins, 4 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Merani Martvili Samgurali
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
28 14 2 Played P 2 14 28
21 10 0 Won W 1 6 16
3 2 2 Drew D 0 1 5
4 2 0 Lost L 1 7 7
64 35 1 Scored S 3 12 39
16 11 1 Conceded C 2 16 22
93% 93% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
68% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 64%
50% 64% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 36%
32% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 18%
25% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
36% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 36%
57% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 50%
14% 7% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 25%
 
5 7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 6 5.7
6 2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3 3.7
1.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • 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 Samgurali 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.

Merani Martvili
All David Kipiani Cup Liga 3 Erovnuli Liga 2 Erovnuli Liga
All Home Away
01-09-19 L3 Merani Martvili 6 - 0 Saburtalo II
09-09-19 L3 Kolkheti Khobi 0 - 1 Merani Martvili
15-09-19 L3 Merani Martvili 1 - 1 Aragvi Dusheti
20-09-19 L3 Meshakhte 0 - 3 Merani Martvili
24-09-19 DKC Merani Martvili 1 - 1 Lokomotivi Tbilisi
30-09-19 L3 Merani Martvili 3 - 0 Bakhmaro
07-10-19 L3 Betlemi 0 - 5 Merani Martvili
12-10-19 L3 Borjomi 0 - 5 Merani Martvili
16-10-19 L3 Merani Martvili 11:00 Samgurali
21-10-19 L3 Gori 11:00 Merani Martvili
Samgurali
All David Kipiani Cup Liga 3 Erovnuli Liga 2
All Home Away
26-08-19 L3 Saburtalo II 4 - 1 Samgurali
02-09-19 L3 Samgurali 1 - 0 Kolkheti Khobi
09-09-19 L3 Aragvi Dusheti 0 - 3 Samgurali
15-09-19 L3 Samgurali 5 - 1 Meshakhte
23-09-19 L3 Bakhmaro 0 - 1 Samgurali
30-09-19 L3 Samgurali 3 - 1 Betlemi
07-10-19 L3 Borjomi 1 - 2 Samgurali
12-10-19 L3 Gori 0 - 1 Samgurali
16-10-19 L3 Merani Martvili 11:00 Samgurali
21-10-19 L3 Samgurali 11:00 Saburtalo II

  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 28 21 3 4 64 16 14 10 2 2 35 11 14 11 1 2 29 5 48 66
2 Samgurali 28 16 5 7 39 22 14 10 4 0 27 6 14 6 1 7 12 16 17 53
3 Aragvi Dusheti 28 14 7 7 43 27 14 11 0 3 32 14 14 3 7 4 11 13 16 49
4 Bakhmaro 28 13 6 9 38 33 14 8 3 3 21 10 14 5 3 6 17 23 5 45
5 Saburtalo II 28 13 1 14 44 52 14 10 0 4 34 16 14 3 1 10 10 36 -8 40
6 Borjomi 28 11 2 15 24 44 14 7 2 5 16 18 14 4 0 10 8 26 -20 35
7 Gori 28 9 4 15 36 38 14 6 1 7 24 16 14 3 3 8 12 22 -2 31
8 Betlemi 28 8 5 15 28 49 14 4 5 5 14 19 14 4 0 10 14 30 -21 29
9 Kolkheti Khobi 28 7 5 16 26 44 14 4 3 7 13 17 14 3 2 9 13 27 -18 26
10 Meshakhte 28 7 4 17 29 46 14 5 1 8 14 14 14 2 3 9 15 32 -17 25

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