On Sunday March 9 Dinamo Tbilisi will compete with FC Torpedo Kutaisi in Kutaisi. XXV national championship XXI round will start at 15:00. Dinamo VS Torpedo is called “Georgian classico” and it always raises interest in society as both teams do their best. On Sunday Dinamo Tbilisi will play 57th match against Torpedo Kutaisi.
From 56 matches our team has won for 27 times, lost 15 and 14 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 92:55 in favor of Dinamo Tbilisi.
Dinamo Tbilisi has defeated FC Torpedo with the score 5:1 for 2 times in national championship. For the first time it was on April , 1991 in IV round of II national championship and on September 17, 1995 in III round of XVII national championship. Our team won with four goal difference last year in VIII round match of 2nd stage. The match finished with the score 4:0. On August 27, 2000 Dinamo was defeated with the score 0:3 in II round of XII national championship. Our team has won with the biggest score in Kutaisi. On March 17, 2007 Dinamo defeated Torpedo with the score 5:0 in XVII round match of XVIII national championship.
Dinamo and Torpedo has competed with each other for 26 times in Soviet championship. IN Soviet championship Dinamo won 13 matches against Torpedo, lost for 4 times and 9 matches finished with draw. The goal difference is 38:21 in favor of Dinamo Tbilisi. Our team has won with the score 3:1 for three times. These matches took place on April 26, 1996, on May 26, 1969 and on May 25, 1962. On July 31, 1968 Torpedo defeated Dinamo with the score 4:2. On November 30, 1966 Torpedo VS Dinamo finished with draw-3:3 in Kutaisi.
The last match that took place on October 26 in Tbilisi finished with the victory of our team-2:1. Levan Khmaladze (penalty) and Giorgi Gvelesiani (on the last minute) scored in this match.