Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Guria 1st with 51 points, Margveti 10th with 30, 21 apart. Recent form flatters Margveti's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 10th. Per game in the league, Guria were scoring 2.86 and conceding 0.5, Margveti 1.36 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.46 goals per team per game.
Stadioni Evgrapi Shevardnadze, capacity 22,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Guria led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 5-0.
Goal scorers
Guria: Tsotne Chotalishvili (23'), Data Sichinava (27'), Tornike Kapanadze (74'), Tsotne Chotalishvili (60'), Teimuraz Sharashenidze (68')
Key stats
Possession: Guria 63% · Margveti 37% · Total shots: 21-8 · On target: 13-1 · Corners: 14-4