Esiliiga A preview: Can Elva edge out victory against Flora II?

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Thu 14.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nike Arena Elva Kunstmurustaadion

The home side, Elva, should be the favourites in this match, but Flora II have exhibited both know-how and determination. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Elva have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Esiliiga A
  • Flora II have lost all their away matches so far.

It's no vacation for neither Elva nor Flora II as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Elva form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Esiliiga A numbers at home for Elva so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Elva, as their goalkeeper Karl Kruus has completely shut out the opponents for 383 minutes in the Esiliiga A.

A strong away win for Elva against Tulevik the last match, as Paju were on target.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Pärnu.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Elva as they are travelling to their away game against Viimsi in the Esiliiga A. That match is three days after this one.

Elva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Nike Arena Elva Kunstmurustaadion with 5 goals in 3 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Flora II form and stats

No Esiliiga A points yet away for Flora II, from their first 2 matches. Flora II has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Flora II are looking to quickly end their 200 minutes long goal drought in the Esiliiga A.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Paide U21 with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Flora II lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

A 0-2 defeat away at Nõmme United before that.

Flora have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Esiliiga A game vs Pärnu. A demanding timetable for the guests!

It's early days yet, but Flora II has scored 2 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elva three wins, one draw and Flora II six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ElvaA. Paju
A. Paju
3 goals
ElvaN. Karasjov
N. Karasjov
2 goals
ElvaJ. Reilson
J. Reilson
2 goals

Elva missing players

Flora II missing players

Elva Flora II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 2 6
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
9 5 5 Scored S 0 2 11
5 4 4 Conceded C 2 6 12
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
17% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 83%
17% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
17% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
67% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
6 6.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6 4.5
4 2.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 4.7
2.3 4 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 12.7 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 10.2
3.8 5.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 4.5
39% 31% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 41%
 
5.7 6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10 10.8
3 3.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6 5.8
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • All of Flora II's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Elva have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Esiliiga A
  • Elva have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Esiliiga A
  • Elva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Flora II have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Flora II have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Flora II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nõmme United 6 4 2 0 15 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 9 4 8 14
2 Paide U21 6 4 0 2 20 9 3 2 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 12 4 11 12
3 Elva 6 3 2 1 9 5 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 11
4 Harju Jalgpallikool 6 3 0 3 17 9 3 2 0 1 10 3 3 1 0 2 7 6 8 9
5 Flora II 6 3 0 3 11 12 4 3 0 1 9 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 -1 9
6 Levadia II 5 2 1 2 9 11 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 6 11 -2 7
7 Viimsi 6 2 1 3 7 10 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 1 0 3 2 6 -3 7
8 K-Järve JK Järve 5 2 1 2 4 8 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 7
9 Pärnu 6 0 3 3 3 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 -3 3
10 Tulevik 6 1 0 5 4 22 3 0 0 3 2 12 3 1 0 2 2 10 -18 3

Read more about Esiliiga A

The Esiliiga is the second highest level of football in Estonia. The season runs from March to November with ten teams playing each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures. Esiliiga has several reserve teams of top Estonian clubs. These are ineligible for promotion even if they win the league.