It's only match two of the Liga 3 for these teams. And fresh optimism here at Stadioni Davit Abashidze as Zestafoni greet Varketili. Get smart with this preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Zestafoni form and stats
In the previous season, Zestafoni's league statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 23 losses, providing 15th position in the David Kipiani Cup. In these 30 matches they scored {18 goals} and let in 77. Appearing at home in the former season Zestafoni generated 3-2-10 (win-draw-lost) with {13 goals} and 33 conceded.
A good away victory last time out for Zestafoni, who won 1-0 against Chikhura (placed 14th).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tbilisi City (0-6).Varketili form and stats
Let's have a look at how Varketili performed last season in the David Kipiani Cup: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 65 and conceded {43 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 32/26 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-1 against Matchakhela in their previous game.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Merani Tbilisi II.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Zestafoni zero wins, zero draws and Varketili two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Zestafoni missing players
Varketili missing players
| Zestafoni | Varketili | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 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 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Zestafoni | Last season | Varketili | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Scored | S | 32 | 65 | ||
| 77 | 33 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 83% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 70% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 67% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 17% | ||
| 1 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 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 | Aragvi Dusheti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Rustavi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Gori | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Zestafoni | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Shturmi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Saburtalo II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Meshakhte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bakhmaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Matchakhela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Varketili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Borjomi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Guria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Chikhura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Irao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Merani Tbilisi II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 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 | Dinamo Tbilisi II | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 72 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 50 | 71 |
| 2 | Kolkheti Poti | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 76 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 3 | Aragvi Dusheti | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 57 |
| 4 | Kolkheti Khobi | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 54 |
| 5 | Varketili | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 51 |
| 6 | Gori | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 50 |
| 7 | Saburtalo II | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 43 |
| 8 | Borjomi | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Irao | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -3 | 39 |
| 10 | Bakhmaro | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Tbilisi City | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -10 | 38 |
| 12 | Guria | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 37 |
| 13 | Merani Tbilisi II | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -13 | 37 |
| 14 | Meshakhte | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | -4 | 35 |
| 15 | Zestafoni | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 44 | -59 | 15 |
| 16 | Chikhura | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 119 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 69 | -100 | 1 |
