Finally! The Arena Cup season debut for these contenders, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Istra 1961 or Kolkheti Khobi get that crucial first three points?
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Kolkheti Khobi, who are travelling more than 2900 kilometers to play this game.
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.
Istra 1961 form and stats
The season before, Istra 1961's league results were 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, producing 6th position in the Arena Cup. Over these 16 matches they scored {15 goals} and conceded 18. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Istra 1961 delivered 2-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with {5 goals} and 7 conceded.
Istra 1961 have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Istra scored {0 goals} and let in {2 goals} during these two games.
Kolkheti Khobi form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kolkheti Khobi performed last season in the Arena Cup: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 18/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Erceg 6 goals | ![]() M. Bakrar 3 goals | ![]() V. Petković 2 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Kolkheti Khobi missing players
| Istra 1961 | Kolkheti Khobi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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 |
| Istra 1961 | Last season | Kolkheti Khobi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 18 | 53 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 69% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 37% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 17% | ||
| 38% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 57% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 37% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | ||
| 3.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 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 Zagreb | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 31 | 41 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Osijek | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 26 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Istra 1961 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 18 |
| 8 | Rijeka | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -10 | 15 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 13 |
| 10 | Gorica | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
| 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 |