FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Rustavi in Erovnuli Liga 19th round match. The match on August 3 will start at 20:00 at Dinamo Arena.
Our rival
FC Rustavi was established in 20015 year. Main colors of the club are red, white and black. In 2016 season FC Rustavi successfully finished Pirveli Liga and played in Erovnuli Liga-2 in 2017 year. Our rival finished the championship on the first place and moved to Erovnuli Liga. From 36 matches FC Rustavi won 26 matches, lost 5 and finished 5 matches with draw. The goal difference was 72/25. Before finishing restoration of Rustavi stadium the team will play home matches in Tbilisi at Mikheil Meskhi stadium. During summer pause there were many changes in the team. Several new footballers (Elguja Lobzhanidze, Rafael Chukura, Temur Ghonghadze, Giorgi Khidesheli, Giorgi Bugulov, Omar Migineishvili, Tsotne Kapanadze, Luka Gadrani, Tornike Tarkhnishvili) were added to the team. Besides this, footballers who were on lease (Varlam Kilasonia, Data Sichinava, Irakli Klimiashvili) also returned.
Coach
Since May 2018 local football specialist Varlam Kilasonia is the head coach of the team. After two stages of Erovnuli Liga our rival has 21 points gained in 18 matches and is on the 6th place in the table.
Head to head
FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Rustavi competed only for 3 times. The first match was held in September 2017. Georgian Cup ¼ final in Rustavi at Poladi stadium finished without goals. Our team won with penalties- 3:0. The match on March 5, 2018 at Dinamo Arena finished with the victory of FC Rustavi- 2:1. Budu Zivzivadze scored with penalty. On May 6 our team defeated Rustavi with Akaki Shulaia’s and Otar Kiteishvili’s goals -2:0.
Referee and disqualified footballers
Giorgi Vadachkoria will be the referee of the match. I. Ukleba and Z. Menteshashvili will be his assistants. A. Aptsiauri will be the fourth official. Rustavi footballers Nukri Revishvili, Papuna Poniava and Rafael Chukura will miss the match because of disqualification.