BATUMI, Georgia (Interstat) — Dinamo Batumi opened its Erovnuli Liga season with a 2-1 comeback victory over Shukura on Tuesday at Turner Stadium in Beer Sheva.

Shukura’s Amir Ganah opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Dinamo Batumi equalized through Andrew Idoko in the 70th minute before Mohamad Kanaan netted the decisive goal in the 87th minute. The result defied a pregame projection of a 1-1 draw from Interstat, whose system heavily favored the hosts. Dinamo Batumi begins the Georgian top-flight campaign at 1-0-0, while Shukura starts 0-1-0.