On March 11 44th Tbilisi derby will take place in national league 2nd round. FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Locomotive at Mikheil Meskhi stadium. The match will start at 14:00 and Channel 1 of the Public Broadcaster will ensure live broadcast of the match.
Dinamo Tbilisi and Locomotive Tbilisi are traditional rivals. These teams have competed for 43 times in Umaghlesi Liga. From them our team won for 25 times, lost 6 and 12 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 64/23 in favor of our team.
Dinamo has defeated FC Locomotive with big score twice. On April 30, 1997 our team defeated the rival with the score 4:0. Davit Mujiri performed hattrick. Giorgi Kiknadze also scored. For the second time our team defeated the rival with big score on September 19, 1999. From four scored goals, Mikheil Ashvetia performed double, Klimenti Tsitaishvili and Robert Zirakishvili also scored. Dinamo was defeated with big score once on September 23, 2000. Locomotive won 3:0. The match distinguished with many goals took place on May 10, 2008. Our team defeated Locomotive in the last round with the score 6:5. Mate Vatsadze and Mikheil Khutsishvili performed double. Besides them George Akirem and Levan Khmaladze also scored. The most popular result is 1:0 that was recorded for 13 times. From 12 draw 11 of them finished without goals. Mate Vatsadze has scored 6 goals against Locomotive.
The last match between these teams took place on November 18, 2016 at Dinamo Arena and finished with Dinamo’s victory 4:0. Giorgi Papunashvili, Vakhtang Tchanturishvili, Beka Mikeltadze and Jaba Jighauri scored.