This game features two sides living in the carpet of the Esiliiga A, Elva holding 7th place and Paide U21 sitting at 9th. A nice chance for one of the teams to improve their situation.
- Elva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paide U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Esiliiga A
Elva form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Elva have to build on here at Elva linnastaadion in the Esiliiga A. When Elva hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Alliance, Elva and Legion), they have won 2 of 2 matches! It's trouble wherever Elva are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
In their previous game, the manager Horn led his Elva to a defeat away at FC Tallinn. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Elva linnastaadion. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Thomson for missing a penalty kick versus FC Tallinn in the 24th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Preceding that match was the home game against Levadia II that was lost 1-2.Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this side has seen at least three goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Elva as they have a new game in only three days, a Esiliiga A match thankfully also at home. Alliance are visiting.
Elva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Elva linnastaadion with 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Elva defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Paide U21 form and stats
Paide U21 have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Esiliiga A, after 1-2-5 (8 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Paide U21 are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Paide U21, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Levadia II (placed 4th).
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Viimsi.A new game in only three days for Paide, the Esiliiga A home match versus Tabasalu. Busy days.
The Paide U21 manager Klettenberg has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 8 league matches. Paide U21 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 20 goals in these matches. When Paide U21 is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Alliance, Paide and Legion.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Paide U21 - Elva 6-2 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - zero - five (Elva wins - draws - Paide U21 wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Paju 7 goals | J. Reilson 6 goals |  V. Nkwinga 6 goals |
Elva missing players
Paide U21 missing players
| Elva | Paide U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 34 |
| 35 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 62% | 47% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 14 | 13.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 11 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 28% | 30% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | 33% |
| 11.3 | 10.5 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 15.6 | 16.4 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
- All of Elva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Paide U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Elva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Elva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Elva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paide U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Paide U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paide U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Esiliiga A
- Paide U21 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 33 | 41 |
| 2 | Flora II | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Viimsi | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Levadia II | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Tallinn | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Tabasalu | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | Elva | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 17 |
| 8 | Legion | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -23 | 13 |
| 9 | Paide U21 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Alliance | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 33 | -41 | 9 |
