Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sioni 1st with 81 points, Zugdidi 7th with 46, 35 apart. FC Dinamo Zugdidi had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Zugdidi 1.31 scored and 1.97 conceded per game, Sioni 2.06 and 1, with the league averaging 1.5.
Zugdidi had been beaten in three straight games. Sioni arrived on a run of seven straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Zugdidi held 3 points of 15 and Sioni 15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Zugdidi 1, draws 0, Sioni 3, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 75% of the meetings went to the host. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Tsentraluri Stadioni in Anaklia, capacity 6,100, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.