Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Meshakhte 2nd with 60 points, Bakhmaro 13th with 27, 33 apart.
Bakhmaro's winless run stood at 7. Meshakhte arrived on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Bakhmaro 2/15, Meshakhte 15/15.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Bakhmaro, 2 draws and 3 for Meshakhte, at 3.14 goals per meeting. The recent editions have closed up — 1.6 goals per game over the last five against 3.14 all-time.
Boris Paitchadzis Sakhelobis Tsentraluri Stadioni staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Bakhmaro: Aleksandre Tepnadze (13') · Meshakhte: Giga Guldedava (41'), V. Shanidze (85')