Georgia vs Russia in the Europa League

Lokomotivi Tbilisi vs Dynamo Moscow - 17/09/2020

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15/09/20

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The qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League often brings up some intriguing fixtures and that is exactly what we have in the second qualifying round match between Lokomotivi Tbilisi and Dynamo Moscow. The match will be played at the Mikheil Meskhis Sakhelobis Stadionis and it is a meeting between neighbours Georgia and Russia.

Lokomotivi Tbilisi entered the Europa League in the first qualifying round and faced Universitatea Craiova of Romania at home. With the score 0-0 at half time, Lokomotivi Tbilisi took control in the second half, scoring in the 57th and 61st minute to open a 2-0 lead. The Romanian club got a goal back in the 90th minute but it was no more than a consolation strike.

That result means Lokomotivi Tbilisi are undefeated in their last 4 games in all competitions. They have picked up 3 victories and one draw, currently finding themselves in 5th place in their domestic league.

Lokomotivi Tbilisi do not have a great record in the Europa League and they have won only 2 of their last 9 matches in the competition. You must go back to 2005 to find the last time they competed in the Europa League and Lokomotivi Tbilisi were eliminated by Urartu of Armenia. They will be hoping for a better performance in this game than they produced in the home leg of that tie, which ended 2-0 in favour of the Armenian’s.

Dynamo Moscow are entering the Europa League for the first time this season having finished in 6th place in the Russian Premier League. They currently occupy the same position in the new season, having played 7 games. Of those 7 matches, Dynamo Moscow have won 3, two of which have been at home and one away.

Their record in the Europa League looks good and Dynamo Moscow have lost only one of their last 15 games in the competition. The defeat came away at Napoli in their most recent away fixture in the Europa League which was back on the 12th of March 2015. Prior to that loss, Dynamo Moscow had enjoyed some good away results including a 1-0 win at PSV Eindhoven and a 0-0 draw at Anderlecht.

Team news and Lokomotivi Tbilisi will be hoping experienced striker Irakli Sikharulidze is fit to start up-front having scored in the previous round, adding to his good tally of goals this season. Imran Oulad Omar is the only player outside of Georgia in their squad.

Dynamo Moscow and it will be interesting to see if Nikolay Komlichenko and Sergei Parshivlyuk are included in the team following their red cards on the weekend. Clinton N'Jie is expected to start in attack while Sylvester Igboun will be hoping to join him.

This has the makings of being a close game, with defences coming out on top. However, in Clinton N'Jie, Dynamo Moscow a player who could make the difference and it is the Russians who could seal a narrow 1-0 victory to progress in the Europa League this season.

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