FC Dinamo Tbilisi will host FC Kolkheti Poti in Erovnuli Liga XIX round match. The match at Dinamo Arena will start at 21:00.
Our rival
FC Kolkheti Poti was established in 1913 and the club was called Kolkhida till 1978. The team plays home matches at Pazisi stadium that is for 7500 spectators. The main colors of the club are white and blue. In 1978 and 1988 Kolkheti won regional championship. It played in the first match of the first Georgian national championship in 1990 under the name Kolkheti-1913. It competed against Iberia Tbilisi. Our rival achieved the best result in 1993/94 and 1996/97 seasons when it took the second place. In 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1997/98 seasons it took the third place. In 2013/2014 season it took the second place in Pirveli Liga (Zone A) and moved to Umaghlesi Liga.
Coach and Kolkheti
The head coach of FC Kolkheti Poti is Gela Sanaia since October 2015. Under his leadership our rival took the fourth place in red group in the last season. FC Kolkheti Poti won 6 from 12 matches and lost 6. In the current championship our rival has 17 points gained in 18 matches and are on the 9th place in the table.
Before Dinamo
FC Kolkheti Poti started Erovnuli Liga with the loss against our team 0:1. After that it defeated Saburtalo 3:0, FC Dinamo Batumi 1:0 on Georgian Cup, lost with FC Torpedo 1:2, defeated FC Shukura Kobuleti 4:2, lost with FC Locomotive 0:5, played draw 1:1 with FC Dila Gori, lost with FC Samtredia 1:2, FC Chikhura 1:3, FC Dila Gori 0:1 on Georgian Cup and FC Dinamo Batumi with the same score. FC Kolkheti Poti lost with our team 0:3, defeated Saburtalo 2:1, lost with FC Torpedo 0:3. The was draw 0:0 with FC Shukura, victory with FC Locomotive 2:1, two draws with FC Dila 0:0 and FC Samtredia 1:1. After that our rival lost with FC Chikhura 1:3 and played 0:0 with FC Dinamo Batumi.
Dinamo - Kolkheti | Head to head
For the first time these teams have competed in the first round of the first championship. In all they have competed for 57 times in championship. From them our team won for 39 times, lost 7 matches and 11 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 129/40 in favor of our team.
On November 30, 1998 Dinamo won with the biggest score-6:1. On June 18, 1994 in the 18th round of fifth national championship our rival defeated Dinamo with the score 5:1. Our team defeated the rival with the score 4:0 for five times. Dinamo won with the score 5:0 for four times.
The last match in national championship between these teams was held on May 5, 2017 in Kobuleti and it finished with the victory of our team 3:0. Beka Mikeltadze, Gorgi Zaria and Giorgi Chakvetadze scored.
Disqualified footballers
Mykola Kovtaliuk from Dinamo and Varlam Kilasonia and Davit Bolkvadze deom FC kolkheti Poti will miss the match because of disqualification.
Presumable lineup of FC Kolkheti Poti
We suppose that FC Kolkheti Poti will play with the following lineup:
Sepiashvili-Otienko, Keburia, Gogonaia, G.Kilasonia-Zhishkariani, Janelidze, Kerdzevadze, Dafe, Nondi-Bkhaidze