Coachless WIT gain cup win

Coachless FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi scored a last-minute winner to take a 1-0 lead after the first leg of their Georgian Cup quarter-final with FC Gorda 2000 Rustavi.

Late strike
Levan Melkadze's late strike gave a dramatic victory to a WIT side whose coach Gocha Tkebuchava resigned on Monday.

Away win for holders
Holders FC Torpedo Kutaisi look favourites to progress from their tie after securing a 2-0 away win at FC Guria Lanchkhuti, thanks to an eight-minute goal from Zurab Ionanidze and a late clincher courtesy of David Chigvinadze.

TSU in derby defeat
FC Dinamo Tbilisi took first blood from their derby tie with FC TSU Armazi Tbilisi, winning their away leg 1-0 with a goal from Georgi Anchabadze.

Lokomotiv victory
Last season's beaten finalists FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, were the other of the three away winners in the first set of quarter-final matches, beating FC Dinamo Batumi 2-1. The visitors took the lead on eight minutes through Aleksandr Kaidarashvili only for Paata Machutadze to level just before the break.

Davitashvili hits winner
However, Suliko Davitashvili restored Lokomotiv's advantage with 18 minutes left in the match, and this time there was no way back for Batumi.