Match Report
The table gap was wide: 46 points between Samgurali (5th, 57 pts) and Shukura (10th, 11 pts). Against a league average of 1.58 goals per team per game, Samgurali ran at 1.47 scored and 1.42 conceded, Shukura at 1.06 and 3.11.
6 matches unbeaten backed Samgurali's arrival. Three consecutive defeats weighed on Shukura. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Samgurali against 1/15 for Shukura.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Samgurali wins, 1 for Shukura, 1 draw, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Stadioni Murtaz Khurtsilava in Martvili staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. On the scoreboard, Samgurali led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 5-0.