On May 24 FC Dinamo Tbilisi will play Erovnuli Liga 14th round match in Ivantsminda. FC Chikhura Sachkhere will host our team. The match will start at 16:00.
Our rival
FC Chikhura Sachkhere was established in 1938. The main symbols of the club are in yellow and blue colors. Our rival plays home match at Sachkhere central stadium which is for 2000 spectators. FC Chikhura returned to Umaghlesi Liga after 5 years pause in 2012/2013 season. The team showed its best result in the last season when it finished the championship on the third place. On Georgian Cup FC Chikhura competed with our team in the final match and got silver medals. After being on the third place in the time-table of national championship and taking the second place on Georgian Cup, our rival was given chance to play on UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round. In the 1st qualifying round it overcame FC Turnovo Macedonia – 1:0 and 3:1. In the 2ndqualifying round the matches with Turkish FC Bursaspor finished without goals. Our rival won in penalties. In the 3rd round the match with FC Neftchi in Baku finished with draw-0:0. The match in Tbilisi finished with Neftchi’s victory-3:2. The last season was one of the most successful for our rival as it took the second place and won silver medals.
Coach and FC Chikhura
Soso Pruidze has been the head coach of FC Chikhura since 2008. With his team achieved success in Pirveli Liga and moved to Umaghlesi Liga. After his 6 year work Soso Pruidze created the team into the force which must be taken into consideration in Georgian football elite. FC Chikhura successfully played in 2013/2014 season in national championship and on Georgian Cup as well. It won Georgian Super Cup. It played well on Euro arena twice. The last season was one of the most successful for our rival as it took the second place and won silver medals. Soso Pruidze’s team is on the seventh place in the table with 17 points.
Before Dinamo…
FC Chikhura started Erovnuli Liga with draw against FC Dila 0:0, then it defeated FC Samtredia -1:0, FC Shukura 3:1 and lost with FC Dinamo Batumi 0:1. Our rival defeated FC Lesitchine on Georgian Cup 1/16 final with the score 7:0. After that it lost with our team 1:2, defeated FC Saburtalo 2:1, lost with FC Torpedo with the same score, defeated FC Kolkheti Poti 3:1, FC Gagra 2:0 on Georgian Cup, lost with FC Locomotive 0:5, FC Dila 0:2 and FC Samtredia 1:2, defeated FC Shukura 4:1 and play draw 0:0 with FC Dinamo Batumi.
Chikhura - Dinamo
Dinamo and Chikhura have played 17 matches against each other in national championship. Our team has defeated FC Chikhura for 10 times, lost thrice and 4 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 40/13 in favor of our team.
On November 18, 2006 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 3:1. Khutsishvili, Iashvili and Tavberidze (auto goal) scored. On May 16, 2007 our team won with the score 5:0. Peikrishvili, Iashvili, Merebashvili, Khutsishvili and Guram Kashia scored in this match. The third match between these teams took place on September 26, 2012 in Sachkhere and finished without goals. On December 2 our team defeated Chikhura at Dinamo Arena with the score 5:2. Xisco performed hattrick in this match. Besides him Alvaro and Jaba Dvali scored. On April 6 Dinamo scored 3 unanswered goals against FC Chikhura. Xisco scored 2 goals and Khmaladze scored the third one. The next match between these teams took place in Sachkhere on May 12 and finished with the victory of our team-4:2. Grajciar, Xisco, Merebashvili and Coto scored. Our team hosted FC Chikhura at Dinamo Arena on October 20 2013 in IX round match and defeated it with the score 6:1. Xisco performed hattrick in this match. Jaba Dvali performed double and Irakli Dzaria scored one goal in this match. On March 2 2014 Zestafoni hosted the match between these teams in which our team defeated the rival with the score 5:1. Xisco performed hattrick again. Besides him Merebashvili and Papunashvili also scored. The match in Ivantsminda on April 4 and finished with draw 1:1. Otar Martsvaladze scored in this match. Next match between these teams was held at Dinamo Arena on May 7 and finished without goals. On December 7 2014 FC Chikhura defeated Dinamo for the first time in its history 1:0. On May 22, 2015 the match finished with the victory of Dinamo 3:0. Giorgi Papunashvili, Lasha Totadze and Vakho Tchanturishvili scored. After that Dinamo hosted Chikhura on November 1. The match finished with the victory of host team-2:0. Otar Kiteishvili performed double. On April 16, 2016 our team lost with minimal score 1:0 in Ivantsminda. On August 7 the match in Ivantsminda finished without goals. Last year these team competed on October 1, at Dinamo Arena and Chikhura defeated our team with the score 2:1. Vladimer Dvalishvili scored. The last match was held on April 5 when Dinamo defeated Chikhura with Giorgi Chakvetadze’s and Giorgi Zaria’s goals -2:1.
Chikhura – Dinamo | Referee
Jeneri Khorava will judge the match between FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Chikhura. L. Varamashvili and Z.Berulava will be his assistants. A. Baslehlo will be the fourth official.
The last match Jeneri Khorava judged took place on May 19 – Samguralo 2:0 Meshakhte in Erovnuli Liga-2. Referee didn’t show yellow cards.
The last match Jeneri Khorava judged with the participation of our team took place on April 5, 2017 when our team defeated with FC Chikhura with the score 2:1. Referee showed 5 yellow cards.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Jeneri Khorava
Date of birth: May 26, 1980
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Erovnuli Liga – 895 matches / 356 yellow cards / 18 red cards / 18 penalties
Erovnuli Liga 2 – 51 matches / 168 yellow cards / 14 red cards / 13 penalties
Georgian Cup – 19 matches / 77 yellow cards / 6 red cards / 4 penalties
Virsliga – 1 match / 2 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
Disqualified footballers
Nobody will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Presumable lineup of FC Chikhura
We suppose that FC Chikhura will play with the following lineup:
Hamzic – Kashia, Kakubava, Tchelidze, Chikvaidze – Gorgiashvili, Koripadze, Dobrovolski, Ganugrava – Tatanashvili, Ivanishvili