FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Tskhinvali in 28th national championship X round match. The match at Dinamo Arena will start at 17:00. Official webpage will offer text and video live of the match.
Our rival
Tskhinvali football club which was established in 1936 changed the name for several times during its history. It changed the name for several times. FC Tskhinvali called as FC Spartak participated in Soviet championship and Soviet Cup. The club had its best season in 1987 when FC Spartak won Soviet Cup-the match against FC Mertskhali Ozurgeti finished with the score 1:0. At first Tskhinvali football club participated under the name of Liakhvi in Georgian national championship (in 1990–2003 years). In 2003-2007 it changed the name and became FC Tskhinvali. From 2007 the club was renamed in FC Spartak again. In 2014-2015 season FC Tskhinvali took the fourth place in the table and played in ½ final match of Davit Kipiani Cup. It also played on Euro arena for the first time in its history. Our rival lost with FC Botosani with the score 2:4 on aggregate in Europa league first qualifying round.
Because of situation in Samachablo the club changed the place for home matches and played in Gori instead of Tskhinvali, although in the new season the team plays home matches of Umaghlesi Liga in Tbilisi at Mikheil Meskhi reserve stadium.
Coach and Tskhinvali
From November 2013 KakhiKacharava is the head coach of Tskhinvali. The team finished the last season on the seventh place with 46 points. In the current season our rival has gained 7 points from 7 matches and is on the 6th place.
Before Dinamo…
FC Tskhinvali played the first round against FC Guria and finished without goals. Then it lost with our team 2:4, was defeated by FC Kolkheti Khobi in Georgian Cup 1/8 final-0:2. After that was victory with FC Shukura 3:1 and three losses with FC Locomotive 1:2, FC Torpedo 1:3 and FC Chikhura 1:2. Our rival defeated FC Guria 2:1 in the last round.
Dinamo – Tskhinvali
Dinamo Tbilisi has always had priority in 22 played matches. From them our team has won 16 matches, lost 2 and 4 matches ended in draw. The goal difference is 55/20 in favor of Dinamo.
The first match Dinamo lost was on April 18, 2010 in XXI national championship XXX round when our team was defeated with the score 2:1. Our team has defeated FC Tskhinvali with big score for several times. On September 15, 2007 in XIX championship V round and on November 29, 2008 in XX championship XIII round Dinamo VS FC Tskhinvali ended with the score 3:0. On August 16, 2009 in XXI championship I round Dinamo defeated FC Tskhinvali with the score 5:0. On October 24, 2014 our team won the match with the score 6:1 at Dinamo Arena. Giorgi Papunashvili performed hattrick. Besides him LashaParunashvili, IrakliDzaria and Mate Tsintsadze also scored. On April 24, 2015 Tskhinvali won with the score 4:1. MateTsintsadze scored.
The last match between these teams took place on August 21 at Mikheil Meskhi reserve stadium and finished with the victory of our team 4:2. MateTsintsadze, Otar Kiteishvili, Rene Santos and Giorgi Papunashvili scored.
Disqualified footballers
Giorgi Papunashvili and Rene Santos will miss this match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Tskhinvali – Dinamo | Referee
Jeneri Khorava will judge XXVIII national championship 10th round match between Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Tskinvali that will take place at Dinamo Arena. L. Todlia and S.Spicin will be his assistants. A.Nonikashvili will be the fourth official.
The last match Jeneri Khorava judged was Sulori 0:1 Torpedo held on October 19 on Georgian Cup. He showed one yellow card in this match.
The last match Jeneri Khorava judged with the participation of Dinamo took place on February 19, 2016. Our team competed with FC Sapovnela in Zestafoni and defeated the rival with the score 2:1. Khorvana showed five yellow cards in this match.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Jeneri Khorava
Date of birth: May 26, 1980
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Umaglesi Liga - 82 matches / 308 yellow cards / 18 red cards / 18 penalties
Pirveli Liga – 45 matches / 157 yellow cards / 14 red cards / 13 penalties
Meore Liga – 3 match / 14 yellow cards / 2 red cards / 1 penalty
Georgian Cup – 18 matches / 74 yellow cards / 6 red cards / 4 penalties
Virsliga – 1 match / 2 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
Presumable lineup of FC Tskhinvali
We suppose that FC Tskhinvali will play with the following lineup
Nadiradze- Bachiashvili, Tomashvili, Maisashvili, Tsertsvadze-Gabrichidze, Kochladze, Makharoblidze, Kardava-Kakhelishvili, Dvali