Match Report
Saburtalo, 6th with 51 points, sat 40 points above Shukura (10th, 11). Against a league average of 1.58 goals per team per game, Shukura ran at 1.06 scored and 3.11 conceded, Saburtalo at 1.61 and 1.36.
Shukura had lost four in a row. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Shukura, 12/15 for Saburtalo.
The match was played at Stadioni Tengiz Burjanadze in Gori (capacity 8,300). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.