Georgia round-up: Dinamo still five clear

FC Dinamo Tbilisi and FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi continue to dominate the Georgian Premier League after both sides recorded 5-0 victories in the latest round of matches.

Ruthless Dinamo
Dinamo were ruthless away to FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti as they maintained their five-point lead at the top of the table. Rati Aleksidze scored on his debut after returning from Chelsea FC and Alexandre Amisulashvil, Mikheil Bobokhidze, Georgi Anchabadze and Vladimer Burduli also scored.

Neutral venue
At a neutral venue at Terjola Central stadium, Lokomotivi dealt with FC Metalurgi Zestaponi in style, with Mamuka Rusia scoring twice and Givi Kvaratskhevlia, Alexandre Kaidarashvili and Vladimer Kobakhidze, on his top-flight debut, also netting.

Champions draw
Meanwhile, defending champions FC Torpedo Kutaisi continued their poor form, as they dropped points in a 1-1 draw with FC Merani-91 Tbilisi. Merani, who were awarded a technical defeat after not showing up for a game at FC Metalurgi Zestaponi last week, took the lead through Dimitri Pirtskhalaishvili on 35 minutes. However Zurab Ionanidze equalised for Torpedo only eight minutes from time to a salvage a point in a heated game, in which Ravaz Natchkebia and Andriy Poroshin were both dismissed.

Other games
Elsewhere, FC Dila Gori drew 1-1 with FC Sioni Bolnisi, while FC Gorda 2000 Rustavi recorded a vital victory at FC Dinamo Batumi. Third-placed FC WIT Georgia Tbilisi and FC Milani Tsnori drew 1-1.