In the Erovnuli Liga 2 game on 16 September 2026, Gareji beat Gori 2:1. Match numbers: corners 1:10, possession, % 49:51.
Match report
Gareji took three points from Gori in the Erovnuli Liga 2, winning 2:1 at home on Wednesday. The result keeps the hosts at the top of the table after twenty-six rounds. Gori remain in ninth place, fourteen points behind the leaders.
T. Seidu opened the scoring in the thirtieth minute. The home side had spent the opening half building pressure without creating clear chances. By then, the visitors were sitting deep and waiting for their moment.
B. Gugberidze brought Gori level in the fifty-fourth minute. The away side finally broke through after sustained possession. Both Gugberidze and B. Hamondi received yellow cards in the sixty-first minute, a sign of the growing tension.
Gareji took the lead late, through G. Samadashvili in the eighty-second minute. The goal came after a series of substitutions had changed the shape of the game. And here's the thing about these matches — the moment you think it will end level, someone steps up.
The statistics tell a different story from the result. Gori held 51 per cent possession and won ten corners to one, yet could only manage one shot on target. Gareji registered 116 attacks but produced just a single corner kick. The bookmakers are pricing a low-scoring game, and this one followed that pattern.
A win of this nature matters more than the points alone. Gareji had lost their last outing 6:1 to Samtredia, and this response shows character. Gori's defeat extends a run without victory that now stretches across three fixtures.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %49–51
Attacks116–110
Corners1–10
Yellow cards1–1
HT⚽30' T. Seidu — Goal⇄46' I. Gulisashvili — Substitution⚽54' B. Gugberidze — Goal🟨61' B. Hamondi — Yellow card🟨61' B. Gugberidze — Yellow card⇄63' G. Bekadze — Substitution⇄63' N. Ninidze — Substitution⇄75' B. Gugberidze — Substitution⇄81' J. Owusu-Ansa — Substitution⚽82' G. Samadashvili — Goal⇄84' B. Hamondi — Substitution⇄85' D. Aidarashvili — Substitution⇄90' L. Kalandadze — Substitution
