On Sunday November 8 FC Dinamo Tbilisi will host FC Kolkheti Poti in national championship XI round match. The match will start at 18:00 and Channel 1 of the Public Broadcaster will ensure live broadcast of the match.
Our rival
FC Kolkheti Poti was established in 1913 and the club was called Kolkhida till 1978. The team plays home matches at Pazisi stadium that is for 7500 spectators. The main colors of the club are white and blue. In 1978 and 1988 Kolkheti won regional championship. It played in the first match of the first Georgian national championship in 1990 under the name Kolkheti-1913. It competed against Iberia Tbilisi. Our rival achieved the best result in 1993/94 and 1996/97 seasons when it took the second place. In 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1997/98 seasons it took the third place. In the last season it took the second place in Pirveli Liga (Zone A) and moved to Umaghlesi Liga.
Coach and Kolkheti
The head coach of FC Kolkheti Poti is Gela Sanaia since October 2015. Under his leadership our rival played three matches in national championship and won all of them. It only lost on Georgian Cup with FC Dinamo Tbilisi. After 10 rounds Kolkheti is on the 9thplace with 13 points.
Before Dinamo
FC Kolkheti Poti started 27th national championship with the loss in Gori 0:2. It defeated FC Meshakhte Tkibuli with the score 0:2 in Georgian Cup 1/16 final first leg match. Then was loss with FC Bolnisi 0:1 and victory in the second leg against FC Meshakhte with the same score. FC Kolkheti lost with FC Dinamo Batumi 0:2 in national championship defeated FC Shukura Kobuleti 1:0. Our team defeated FC Kolkheti 0:1 in Georgian Cup 1/8 final first leg match. The second leg finished with the same score. Our rival was defeated by FC Torpedo 0:1 and played draw 0:0 with FC Sapovnela Terjola. After that was loss with FC Tskhinvali 1:5 and victories with FC Locomotive Tbilisi 4:0, FC Chikhura Sachkhere 1:0 and FC Saburtalo 1:0.
Dinamo vs Kolkheti | Head to head
For the first time these teams have competed in the first round of the first championship. In all they have competed for 52 times in championship. From them our team won for 35 times, lost 7 matches and 10 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 117/37 in favor of our team.
On November 30, 1998 Dinamo won with the biggest score-6:1. On June 18, 1994 in the 18th round of fifth national championship our rival defeated Dinamo with the score 5:1. Our team defeated the rival with the score 4:0 for five times. Dinamo won with the score 5:0 for four times.
The last match in national championship between these teams was held on March 22, 2015 in Lanchkhuti and it finished without goals. For the last team thy competed on Georgian Cup on October 27 in 1/8 final second leg match. FC Dinamo won with Giorgi Kvilitaia’s goal 1:0.
Disqualified footballers
Kolkheti player Merab Gigauri will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification
Dinamo VS Kolkheti | Referee
Tomorrow Goga Kikacheishvili will judge Dinamo vs Kolkheti Poti at Dinamo Arena. I.Ukleba and M.Kupatadze will be his assistants. D.Kharitonashvili will be the fourth official.
The last match Goga Kikacheishvili judged took place on October 27 on Georgian Cup Zugdidi 0:1 Dila. Referee showed three yellow cards.
The last match Goga Kikacheishvili judged with the participation of Dinamo took place on September 20, 2015. In this match Dinamo Tbilisi defeated FC Zugdidi with the score 3:1. Kikacheishvili booked players thrice in this match.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Goga Kikacheishvili
Date of Birth: August 31, 1991
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Umaglesi Liga – 37 matches / 141 yellow cards / 7 red cards / 5 penalties
Pirveli Liga – 80 matches / 309 yellow cards / 28 red cards / 23 penalties
Meore Liga – 34 matches / 100 yellow cards / 4 red cards / 16 penalties
Georgian Cup – 12 matches / 33 yellow cards / 0 red cards / 1 penalty
Presumable lineup of FC Kolkheti Poti
We suppose that Kolkheti Poti will play with the following lineup tomorrow:
Sepiashvili-Keburia, Kilasonia, Chakvetadze, Tevzadze-Lemonjava, Gogonaia, Koshkadze, Polyulyakh, Kvaratskhelia-Sitchinava