On April 11 Dinamo Tbilisi will play XXVI national championship XXIII round away match in Martvili. The match against FC Merani Martvili will start at 16:00 at Murtaz Khurtsilava stadium. Official web-page of our team will offer text and video live of the match.
Our Rival
FC Merani Martvili was founded on the basis of FC Salkhino established in 1955. FC Merani Martvili plays in Pirveli Liga since 1997. In 2007/2008 the team had chance to move to Umaghlesi Liga but finished the championship on the third place and stayed in Pirveli Liga. The same happened in 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 years. In 2009/2010 FC Merani played on ½ final match of Davit Kipiani Cup in which he was defeated by Wit Georgia with the score 1:2 after two legs (1:0 / 0:2). In 2010/2011 season our rival took the second place in Pirveli Liga and got right to move to Umaghlesi Liga. 2011/2012 season was successful for FC Merani as it finished the championship on the fifth place in Umaghlesi Liga.
Coach and Merani
From summer Ukrainian football specialist Vladimer Lobas leads FC Merani. Under his leadership our rival won 6 matches from 22, lost 9 and finished seven matches with draw. It is on the 12th place with 25 points.
Before Dinamo…
After winter pause FC Merani started the second stage with draw with Wit Georgia-2:2. After that was defeat with FC Tskhinvali-0:2, draw with FC Torpedo Kutaisi-1:1, defeat with FC Dinamo Batumi 1:2 and FC Zugdidi 0:3, victory with FC Guria-1:0 and again defeat with FC Chikhura-0:2.
Dinamo vs Merani - Head to head
These teams have competed with each other only for 9 times. From them our team won 6 matches, lost 1 and 2 matches finished in draw. The goal difference is 21/9 in favor of our team.
The first match between Dinamo Tbilisi and Merani Martvili was held on September 25, 2011. The match took place at training base of Georgian national team and finished with the victory of Dinamo Tbilisi-2:1. Aleksandre Koshkadze and Davit Odikadze scored.
The last match between these teams was held on October 5, 2014 in Tbilisi. VIII round match finished without goals 0:0.
Disqualified footballers
Brazilian legionnaire of our team Rene Fereira will miss the match tomorrow because of disqualification.
Dinamo vs Merani – Referee
Lasha Silagava will judge Umaghlesi Liga XXIII round match between FC Dinamo and FC Merani which will take place in Martvili. Z. Menteshashvili and S. Spitsin will be his assistants. B. Ninua will be the fourth official.
The last match Lasha Silagava judged with the participation of our team took place on March 5, 2015 against Zestafoni. In the match that finished with the victory of our team (3:2) Silagava booked eight footballers.
The last match Lasha Silagava judged was held on April 3 - Sioni 1:2 Kolkheti. In this match referee showed six yellow and two red cards.
Here is the statistical data of the matches he has judged:
Lasha Silagava
Date of birth: July 27, 1976
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Umaghlesi Liga-141 matches/477 yellow cards/20 red cards/19 penalties
Pirveli Liga-7 matches/21 yellow cards/0 red cards/3 penalties
Georgian Cup-26 matches/74 yellow cards/2 red cards/1 penalty
Georgian Super Cup-2 matches/6 yellow cards/1 red cards/0 penalties
UEFA Champions League qualifiers-2 matches/7 yellow cards/0 red cards/1 penalties
UEFA Youth League, group stage-3 matches/13 yellow cards/0 red cards/2 penalties
UEFA Europa League qualifiers- 3 matches/19 yellow cards/2 red cards/2 penalties
UEFA U21 qualifiers-4 matches/8 yellow cards/0 red cards/0 penalties
UEFA U19 qualifiers -6 matches/30 yellow cards/1 red cards/2 penalties
International Friendly Match-1 matches/5 yellow cards/0 red cards/1 penalties
FIFA World Cup qualifiers-1 matches/7 yellow cards/0 red cards/0 penalties
Malta championship-1 matches/4 yellow cards/0 red cards/0 penalties
Presumable lineup of FC Merani Martvili
We suppose that tomorrow FC Merani Martvili will play with the following lineup:
Mamaladze-Meliava, Lomashvili, Orbeladze, Gegechkori-Poniava, Kiknavelidze, Tskarozia, Jghamaia-Shulaia, Lomia