FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Dinamo Batumi will compete in Erovnuli Liga V round match. The match in Kobuleti at Chele Arena will start at 16:00.
Our rival
Football club Dinamo Batumi was established in 1923. In 1990 it was renamed as FC Batumi. In 1994 it returned former name again. The main colors of the club are white and blue. The team plays home matches in Kobuleti at Chele Arena. Dinamo Batumi played in Georgian Cup final in 1993, 1995 and 1996. In 1997 the club gained bronze medal and was defeated in the final match. In 1998 our rival took the second place in national championship, won Georgian Cup and Super Cup. The team played on Euro arena in 1995 for the first time (Cup Winners Cup). The match against Obilic Belgrad finished with the score 3:2 on aggregate in favor of Dinamo Batumi. After that it competed with Celtic Glasgow and was defeated with the score 2:7 on aggregate. Our rival played on Euro arena for three seasons after that. In 2008 the team moved to Pirveli Liga. In 2012 Dinamo Batumi returned to Umaghlesi liga, then left it again in the end of the season and returned after a year. Last summer FC Dinamo Batumi played on Europa League as vice-champions of Georgia. On the first stage our rival competed with AC Omonia Nicosia. The match in Zestafoni finished in favor of Batumi team 1:0, although the second leg was lost with the score 2:0. In 2016 Dinamo Batumi defeated our team in mini final and won bronze medals. It will play on Europa League as well.
Coach and Dinamo Batumi
Georgian football specialist Levan Khomeriki is the head coach of FC Dinamo Batumi since April 2016. In 2015/2016 season his team finished Umaghlesi Liga on the eighth place. In the last championship our rival took the third place.
Before Dinamo
Our rival started 2017 championship with the loss against FC Locomotive 1:2. Then it defeated FC Dila Gori 1:0 and lost with FC Kolkheti Poti with the same score in Georgian Cup 1/16 final. Then it lost with FC Samtredia 0:1, defeated FC Chikhura 1:0 and Shukura 2:0.
Dinamo Batumi – Dinamo Tbilisi | Head to Head
From 50 played matches in national championship our team won for 35 times, lost 7 matches and 8 finished with draw. The goal difference is 104/44 in favor of Dinamo.
Our team won with the score 3:1 and 3:0 for six times. Five matches finished with the score 2:0 and 6 matches with-1:0. On September 18, 1994 Dinamo defeated Dinamo Batumi with the score 5:3. Achi and Shoti scored three and two goals in this match. The same score was recorded on November 11, 2012. Our team lost with big score in XVI championship IX round match. The match in 2004 finished with the victory of our rival-0:3. Dinamo Tbilisi won with the biggest score on September 29, 2007. XIX championship VII round match finished with the score 7:0. Kobakhidze and Akirem performed double. Besides them Khutsishvili, Spasojevic and Khmaladze scored.
The last match between these teams was held on December 10, 2016 in Tbilisi. The match at Mikheil Meskhi stadium finished with the victory of our rival 1:0.
Disqualified footballers
Dinamo’s defender Lasha Totadze will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Dinamo Batumi – Dinamo Tbilisi | Referee
Goga Kikacheishvili will judge Dinamo Batumi vs Dinamo Tbilisi. M. Kupatadze and K.Sadiliani will be his assistants. I.Kvirikashvili and A.Nonikashvili will be additional assistants. T.Rukhaia will be the fourth official.
The last match Goga Kikacheishvili judged took place on April 4 in Erovnuli Liga 2 – Rustavi 4:1 Tskhinvali. Referee didn’t book footballers in this match.
The last match Goga Kikacheishvili judged with the participation of Dinamo took place on October 15, 2016. In this match Dinamo Tbilisi defeated FC Guria in Lanchkhuti with the score 2:0. Kikacheishvili showed 3 red and 4 yellow cards in this match.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Goga Kikacheishvili (25 years old)
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Erovnuli Liga – 56 matches / 219 yellow cards / 16 red cards / 9 penalties
Erovnuli Liga 2 – 106 matches / 410 yellow cards / 36 red cards / 29 penalties
Georgian Cup – 15 matches / 42 yellow cards / 1 red card / 1 penalty
Malta Premier League – 1 match / 4 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
Presumable lineup of Dinamo Batumi
We suppose that Dinamo Batumi will play with the following lineup:
Timofeev – Tvildiani, Sukhiashvili, Kvirkvelia, Gogitidzei – Tarkhnishvili, Plamarion, Kavtaradze, Shonia, Poniava-Kvasov