On Saturday March 12 FC Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Zugdidi in XXVII national championship XX round match. The match at Erosi Manjgaladze stadium in Samtredia will start at 15:00 and official web-page of our team will offer text and video live of the match.
Our rival
The history of FC Zugdidi starts in 20th century and after that several teams played with the name of this city. From 1990 the city of Zugdidi at first was represented in independent national championship by FC Odishi and after that by FC Dinamo. After the Civil War in Georgia Zugdidi’s team left national championship. In 2007/2008 season FC Mglebi Zugdidi returned in Umaghlesi Liga. In 2008 after the merger of FC Mglebi and FC Baia from Pirveli Liga Zugdidi was represented by the new team FC Baia. In 2012 our rival changed the name again and nowadays it plays under the name of FC Zugdidi.
Coach and Zugdidi
Ukrainian football specialist Iuri Bakalov manages FC Zugdidi since January 2016. From 19 matches our rival gained 9 points and is on the 15th place. The goal difference is 13/42.
Before Dinamo
FC Zugdidi started 2015/2016 season second stage with the loss against FC Dinamo Batumi 0:1. Then was defeated with FC Torpedo 0:2 and draw with FC Tskhinvali 1:1. It played the last match with FC Chikhura and lost with 4 unanswered goals. Before then our rival was on camp in Turkey in winter.
Zugdidi - Dinamo
These teams have competed with each other for 43 times already. From the played matches Dinamo Tbilisi has won 32 matches, lost for 4 times and 7 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is in favor of our team 116/29. Our team has played against Zugdidi football clubs-Odishi, Dinamo, Mglebi and Baia in different times. Dinamo has won the match with big score for 15 times. Our team defeated the rival with the score 7:2 in 1992. Our team won with the score 5:0 in 1994, 1997 and 1999. On September 19, 2009 Dinamo defeated Zugdidi with the score 6:0. On February 26, 2012 the match against this team at Dinamo Arena finished with the score 5:1 and on May 20, 2012 our team won with the score 6:1. On May 13, 2015 the match in Tbilisi finished with the score 7:0. This is the biggest score recorded between these teams. Giorgi Chirgadze performed hattrick, Vakho Tchanturishvili scored twice and besides them Giorgi Papunashvili and Jaba Jighauri also scored. The last match between these teams took place on September 20, 2015. Our team defeated the rival at Dinamo Arena with the score 3:1. Giorgi Gvelesiani and Giorgi Kvilitaia (2) scored.
Disqualified footballers
Lasha Parunashvili and Vakho Tchanturishvili from Dinamo and Giorgi Kantaria from Zugdidi will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Zugdidi - Dinamo | Referee
Giorgi Kruashvili will judge 27th national championship XX round match between Dinamo and Zugdidi. D. Chigogidze and D.Kurtanidze will be his assistants. P.Macharadze will be the fourth official.
For the last time Giorgi Kruashvili judged the match with the participation of our team was Dinamo 4:0 Saburtalo on August 29, 2015. He showed six yellow cards in this match.
The last match Giorgi Kruashvili judged was held on March 6. In Georgian national championship match Sioni 4:1 Sapovnela, Kruashvili booked 2 players.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Giorgi Kruashvili
Date of birth: May 29, 1986
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Umaghlesi Liga – 50 matches / 196 yellow cards / 7 red cards / 10 penalties
Pirveli Liga – 27 matches / 82 yellow cards / 12 red cards / 7 penalties
Meore Liga-3 matches / 4 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
Georgian Cup – 9 matches / 25 yellow cards / 1 red card / 3 penalties
UEFA U17 Elite round - 4 matches / 11 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
UEFA U19 Champions League – 2 matches / 9 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
UEFA U21 qualifiers- 1 matches / 6 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
UFA Champions League qualifiers - 1 match / 3 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 0 penalties
Presumable lineup of FC Zugdidi
We suppose that FC Zugdidi will play with the following lineup:
Zarkua – Javashvili, Narmania, Machaidze, Gavashelishvili – Chebotarev, Tsurstumia, Kovalenko, G.Samushia – T.Samushia, Bulia