It's game two of the Liga 3 season and a lot to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Merani Tbilisi II-Gori!
Merani Tbilisi II and Gori 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 Tbilisi II form and stats
The previous season, Merani Tbilisi II's league results were 8 wins, 4 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 12th place in the David Kipiani Cup. During these 26 matches they scored 33 goals and let in 50. Playing as the home team in the former season Merani Tbilisi II produced 5-0-8 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 23 conceded.
Tbilisi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Aragvi Dusheti (1-2).
Prior to that, an away loss at Spaeri.Gori form and stats
Let's have a look at how Gori performed last season in the David Kipiani Cup: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 16/21 goals scored/conceded.
Gori's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Guria that finished 1-1.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Meshakhte.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous two meetings): Merani Tbilisi II won zero games, one match ended with a tie and Gori have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneMerani Tbilisi II missing players
Gori missing players
| Merani Tbilisi II | Gori | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merani Tbilisi II | Last season | Gori | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 85% | ||
| 85% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 77% | ||
| 65% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 46% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 31% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 15% | ||
| 54% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 54% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 31% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kolkheti Poti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Irao | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Varketili | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Aragvi Dusheti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Borjomi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Saburtalo II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Zestafoni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Meshakhte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Tbilisi City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Dinamo Tbilisi II | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Gori | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Guria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bakhmaro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Kolkheti Khobi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Merani Tbilisi II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Chikhura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spaeri | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 59 | 64 |
| 2 | Kolkheti Poti | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Tbilisi City | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 45 |
| 4 | Varketili | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Aragvi Dusheti | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Saburtalo II | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 38 |
| 7 | Gori | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Bakhmaro | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 33 |
| 9 | Kolkheti Khobi | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | Meshakhte | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -11 | 30 |
| 11 | Guria | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -11 | 29 |
| 12 | Merani Tbilisi II | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -17 | 28 |
| 13 | Chiatura | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -23 | 21 |
| 14 | Didube 2014 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 38 | -53 | 14 |