On September 29 Dinamo Tbilisi will play XXV national championship VII round match at Dinamo Arena against FC Merani Martvili. The match will start at 18:00 and Channel 1 of the Public Broadcaster as well as official web-site of our team will ensure live broadcasting 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. In the last season our rival played among 6 teams in the second zone and was behind FC Metalurgi by 2 points.
Coach and FC Merani Martvili
37 year-old Malkhaz Zhvania is the head coach of FC Merani Martvili since 2009 year. With him the club achieved success. Under his leadership FC Merani played on ½ final match of Davit Kipiani Cup and moved to Umaghlesi Liga as well. Malkhaz Zhvania’s team plays the third season in Umaghlesi Liga competing with strong and experienced rivals.
Before Dinamo…
FC Merani Martvili played 9 official matches (6 in Umaghlesi Liga and 3 on Georgian Cup) in the new season. In Umaghlesi Liga our rival won 4 matches (Merani 2:1 Spartak, Merani 2:0 Zugdidi, Merani 3:1 Chikhura, Merani 2:0 Sioni) and lost 2 matches (Wit Georgia 3:0 Merani and Guria 1:0 Merani). The club finished the first stage of Davit Kipiani Cup with success and defeated FC Samtredia, playing in Pirveli Liga with the score 4:2 after two legs. FC Merani played first leg of 1/8 final match of Davit Kipiani Cup on September 25 like our team and defeated FC Guria Lanchkhuti with the score 2:1.
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Dinamo VS Merani
These teams have competed with each other only for 6 times. From them our team won 3 matches, lost 1 and 1 match finished in draw. The goal difference is 15:7 in favor of our team. The last match between these teams was held on December 19, 2012 at Dinamo Arena and finished with the score 3:1 in favor of our team. Xisco Munoz, Giorgi Merebashvili and Jaba Dvali scored in this match.
Disqualified footballers
None of the players have disqualification. Tomorrow both teams will play with optimal lineup.
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Dinamo VS Merani-Referee
Dinamo Tbilisi VS Merani Martvili will be held tomorrow at Dinamo Arena. The match will be judged by Latvian referees. Ivars Caune will be the main arbiter. Arnis Lemkins and Igor Tagives will be his assistants. Giorgi Kruashvili will be the fourth official.
Presumable lineup of FC Merani Martvili
We suppose that tomorrow FC Merani Martvili will play with the following lineup: Sherozia-Parulava, Gegechkori, Meliava, Karkuzashvili, Ghonghadze-Khubua, Babunashvili, Kuchukhidze, Poniava-Kvantaliani