Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Shturmi 1st with 70 points, Norchi Dinamo 9th with 32, 38 apart. Recent form told a different story for Norchi Dinamo: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Scoring rates set the scale: Norchi Dinamo 1.3 scored and 1.73 conceded per game, Shturmi 2.27 and 0.73, with the league averaging 1.61.
8 matches unbeaten backed Shturmi's arrival. Over the last five, Norchi Dinamo had taken 4 of 15 points to Shturmi's 11.
The match was played at Sport-kompleksi Shatili in Tbilisi (capacity 2,500). Norchi Dinamo led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.