On November 18 Tbilisi derby will take place in national championship 13th round. FC Dinamo Tbilisi will host FC Locomotive. The match will start at 17:00 and official web-page of Dinamo Tbilisi will offer text and video live of the match.
Our rival
FC Locomotive was established in 1936. It was Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society that united employees of the railway as well as students and pupils of educational institutions of railway ministry. The team plays home matches at Mikheil Meskhi stadium that is for 25 000 spectators. The main colors of the team are red and white. In 1988-1989 it was called OMC Locomotive, in 1990-1993 FC Merani and in 1993-1995, Lokomotivi merged with Merani and formed Merani-Bacho Tbilisi. Our rival played in USSR high (1993 and 1940), first (1939, 1946-1948, 1959-1970) and second leagues (1936-1937, 1981-1982, 1984-1986, 1988-1989). For the first time it played in Umaghlesi Liga in 1997. FC Locomotive won Georgian Cup thrice in 2000, 2002 and 2005 years. In 2001, 2002 and 1999 it won silver medals.
Coach and Locomotive
Georgian football specialist Giorgi Devdariani is the head coach of FC Locomotive since October 2016. Under his leadership our rival has 14 points gathered in 10 matches and is on the 3rd place in white group.
Before Dinamo…
FC Locomotive started championship with draw 0:0 against FC Torpedo Kutaisi. Then was loss with FC Chikhura 2:3, victory with FC Wit Georgia 1:0, victory with FC Guria 2:1 and the same score against FC Tskhinvali. After that our rival played against our team without goals, defeated FC Liakhvi Tskhinvali on Georgian Cup and defeated FC Shukura 1:0. Then were 4 losses with FC Torpedo Kutaisi 0:3, 1:3 with FC Dinamo on Georgian Cup, 1:4 with FC Chikhura and 0:1 with FC Guria Lanchkhuti. Our rival won the last match with FC Tskhinvali 2:0.
Dinamo VS Locomotive
Dinamo Tbilisi and Locomotive Tbilisi are traditional rivals. These teams have competed for 42 times in Umaghlesi Liga. From them our team won for 24 times, lost 6 and 12 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 60/23 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 11 draw 10 of them finished without goals. Mate Vatsadze has scored 6 goals against Locomotive.
The last match between these teams took place on September 17, 2016 at Mikheil Meskhi stadium and finished without goals. On October 19 Dinamo host FC Locomotive in Georgian Cup quarter final and defeated the rival with the score 3:1. Otar Kiteishvili performed hattrick.
Disqualified footballers
Dinamo’s forward Vladimer Dvalishvili will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Dinamo - Locomotive | Referee
Giorgi Vadachkoria will judge Dinamo vs Locomotive at Dinamo Arena. Z.Menteshashvili and G.Elikashvili will be his assistants. G.Vardidze will be the fourth official.
The last match Giorgi Vadachkoria judged was Rustavi 4:2 Mark Stars on November 13 in Pirveli Liga. Referee booked 1 footballer in this match.
The last match Giorgi Vadachkoria judged with the participation of Dinamo was held on August 21, 2016 in which our team defeated FC Tskhinvali with the score 4:2. Vadachkoria didn’t show any cards in this match.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Giorgi Vadachkoria (8.06.1977)
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UmaglesiLiga - 173 matches / 692 yellow cards / 35 red cards / 47 penalties
PirveliLiga – 26 matches / 78 yellow cards / 9 red card / 6 penalties
MeoreLiga – 62 matches / 179 yellow cards / 3 red card / 24 penalties
Georgian Cup – 16 matches / 59 yellow cards / 2 red cards/ 3 penalties
Georgian Super Cup – 3 matches / 20 yellow cards / 1 red cards / 1 penalty
UEFA Europa League qualifying– 6 matches / 20 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 2 penalties
UEFA European Championship qualifying U21– 6 matches / 19 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
UEFA European Championship qualifying U19– 1 matches / 3 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 1 penalty
UEFA European Championship qualifying U17 – 4 matches / 18 yellow cards / 1 red cards / 1 penalty
International friendly matches– 3 match / 6 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
Presumable lineup of FC Locomotive
We suppose that FC Locomotive will play with the following lineup:
Tevdoradze – Getiashvili, Gabadze, Khidesheli, Popkhadze-Diasamidze, Klimiashvili, Ubilava, Kukhianidze-Zarandia, Chagelishvili