Match Report
Chiatura, 3rd with 37 points, sat 20 points above Meskheti (8th, 17). On recent form Meskheti sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Chiatura 1.67 scored and 0.89 conceded per game, Meskheti 1.06 and 1.39, with the league averaging 1.4.
Chiatura entered with five wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Chiatura against 5/15 for Meskheti.
The venue was Stadioni Temur Maghradze, with room for 11,700 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Meskheti: Mikheil Murmanishvili (88')