Match Report
Samtredia (4th, 34 pts) visited Telavi (2nd, 41 pts) with 7 points between them. On recent form Telavi sat only 8th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.08/0.92 for Telavi and 1.72/1.56 for Samtredia (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.21.
Samtredia came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Over the last five, Telavi had taken 5 of 15 points to Samtredia's 15.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 7 wins for Telavi, 3 draws and 1 for Samtredia, at 2.64 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 36% of the meetings went to the host.
The venue was Stadioni Givi Chokheli, with room for 12,000 spectators. With 54 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, I. Kherkhadze was the man in the middle. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Samtredia: Julen Cordero (66'), Teimuraz Odikadze (71'), Luka Gogitadze (87')
Key stats
Possession: Telavi 56% · Samtredia 44% · Total shots: 4-11 · On target: 2-6 · Corners: 8-2