Dinamo Tbilisi will play Umaghlesi Liga XX round away match in Zestaponi against FC Chikhura Sachkhere. The match will start at 15:00 and traditionally our official web-page will offer text and video LIVE of the match.
Our rival
FC Chikhura Sachkhere was established in 1938. The main symbols of the club are in yellow and blue colors. Our rival plays home match at Sachkhere central stadium which is for 2000 spectators. FC Chikhura returned to Umaghlesi Liga after 5 years pause in 2012/2013 season. The team showed its best result in the last season when it finished the championship on the fourth place. On Georgian Cup FC Chikhura competed with our team in the final match and got silver medals. After being on the fourth place in the time-table of national championship and taking the second place on Georgian Cup, our rival was given chance to play on UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round. In the 1st qualifying round it overcame FC Vaduz Liechtenstein but was defeated by Swiss FC Thun with the score 1:5 on aggregate in the 2ndqualifying round. Chikhura gained the first trophy on December 22 when it defeated Dinamo Tbilisi in Super Cup final match with minimal score 1:0.
Coach and FC Chikhura
Soso Pruidze has been the head coach of FC Chikhura since 2008. With his team achieved success in Pirveli Liga and moved to Umaghlesi Liga. After his 5 year work Soso Pruidze created the team into the force which must be taken into consideration in Georgian football elite. FC Chikhura successfully played in the last season. It won Georgian Super Cup. In the current season the team is on the second place with 38 points taken from 19 matches.
Before Dinamo…
FC Chikhura Sachkhere couldn’t manage to go on camp after the first stage but the club was very active toward transfers as it added Givi Kvaratskhelia, Elguja Grigalashvili and Levan Khmaladze. Chikhura lost with FC Dila with the score 1:2 and with FC Torpedo with the score 0:1 in pre-season test-matches. Our rival played draw-2:2 with FC Sioni in 1/8 final match of Georgian Cup and defeated FC Spartak with the score 3:2 in championship.
Dinamo VS Chikhura
Dinamo and Chikhura have played 7 matches against each other in national championship. Our team has defeated FC Chikhura for 6 times and 1 match finished with draw. The goal difference is 26:6 in favor of our team.
On November 18 2006 Dinamo defeated the rival with the score 3:1. Khutsishvili, Iashvili and Tavberidze (auto goal) scored. On May 16, 2007 our team won with the score 5:0. Peikrishvili, Iashvili, Merebashvili, Khutsishvili and Guram Kashia scored in this match. The third match between these teams took place on September 26, 2012 in Sachkhere and finished without goals. On December 2 our team defeated Chikhura at Dinamo Arena with the score 5:2. Xisco performed hattrick in this match. Besides him Alvaro and Jaba Dvali scored. On April 6 Dnamo scored 3 unanswered goals I the fifth match against FC Chikhura. Xisco scored 2 goals and Khmaladze scored the third one. The next match between these teams took place in Sachkhere and finished with the victory of our team-4:2. Grajciar, Xisco, Merebashvili and Coto scored. The last match between these teams was held in the current season. Our team hosted FC Chikhura at Dinamo Arena on October 20 in IX round match and defeated it with the score 6:1. Xisco performed hattrick in this match. Jaba Dvali performed double and Irakli Dzaria scored one goal in this match.
Disqualified footballers
Tomorrow nobody will miss the match from Dinamo. Shota Kashia will be absent from FC Chikhura because of disqualification.
Dinamo VS Chikura-Referee
Giorgi Vadachkoria will judge XXV national championship XX round match in which Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Chikhura. B. Chichinadze and I. Ukleba will be his assistants. B. Ninua and G. Kruashvili will be additional referees. A. Krichashvili will be the fourth official.
Presumable lineup of FC Chikhura
We suppose that FC Chikhura will play with the following lineup:
Tevdoradze-Kvaratskhelia, Odikadze, Lomashvili, Khmaladze-Datunashvili, Bechvaia, Dekanoidze, Kimadze, Jighauri-Gabedava.