Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Telavi 3rd with 63 points, Tskhinvali 10th with 26, 37 apart. Against a league average of 1.38 goals per team per game, Tskhinvali ran at 1.06 scored and 1.72 conceded, Telavi at 1.94 and 1.
Tskhinvali had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Telavi, 12.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Tskhinvali 2, draws 1, Telavi 2, at 2.4 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. These meetings skew tight — only 20% saw more than two goals.
The match was played at Seyrantepe Spor Kompleksi Stadyumu 2 in Tbilisi (capacity 10,720). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.