Esiliiga A: Elva thought to win home fixture versus Pärnu

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Mon 17.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nike Arena Elva Kunstmurustaadion

Showdown between Elva - Pärnu! Even with their varied results, this match should be awesome!

Insights:
  • Elva have the most points from losing position (20) in Esiliiga A
  • Pärnu have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Esiliiga A

Pärnu are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Elva and Pärnu.

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Elva form and stats

Elva have performed here at Nike Arena Elva Kunstmurustaadion this season with 11 wins from 16 Esiliiga A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3. The Elva fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Nike Arena Elva Kunstmurustaadion and will expect new points from this game. Elva has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Elva's last game was hosting Pärnu (placed 9th) and winning 3-2.

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Flora in the Estonian Cup. Elva are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 1 and lost 0.

It's goals goals goals for Elva who have scored 49 goals from 16 league home games. Elva have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Pärnu form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pärnu so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-12 (win-draw-lose).

Pärnu lost away at Elva (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Prior to that result Pärnu won their away game at Paide U21. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Pärnu played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 4 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The attacking power of Pärnu when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Pärnu have conceded 37 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Elva have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Pärnu.

The squads have met each other already this season, with the match result Elva - Pärnu 3-2 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

ElvaA. Paju
A. Paju
13 goals
ElvaD. Lehter
D. Lehter
12 goals
PärnuS. Õismets
S. Õismets
6 goals

Elva missing players

Pärnu missing players

Elva Pärnu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 4 17 32
18 11 5 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 0 Drew D 2 4 8
9 3 1 Lost L 2 12 20
70 49 29 Scored S 2 9 28
46 20 4 Conceded C 7 37 61
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 72%
53% 69% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 50%
44% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 25%
31% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 22%
59% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 35% 47%
31% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 19%
12% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 59% 47%
 
6.3 7.5 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.9 3.3
4.2 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 8.1 6.8
1.8 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.1 16.1 21 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.2 7.9
5.8 7.2 10.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 2.6 3.4
38% 43% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 20% 26%
 
9.1 8.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 16 17.9 15.8
4.6 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 7.5 6.7
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • Elva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Elva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Elva have scored more than double the goals of Pärnu.
  • Elva have the most points from losing position (20) in Esiliiga A
  • Elva have the most scored goals (49) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Elva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Pärnu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Pärnu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pärnu have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Esiliiga A
  • Pärnu have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Esiliiga A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Harju Jalgpallikool 32 20 4 8 78 42 16 13 1 2 46 14 16 7 3 6 32 28 36 64
2 Flora II 32 19 3 10 82 43 15 11 0 4 44 17 17 8 3 6 38 26 39 60
3 Levadia II 32 18 5 9 73 41 16 10 2 4 39 22 16 8 3 5 34 19 32 59
4 Elva 32 18 5 9 70 46 16 11 2 3 49 20 16 7 3 6 21 26 24 59
5 Viimsi 32 16 3 13 59 38 16 10 2 4 41 16 16 6 1 9 18 22 21 51
6 Nomme United 32 15 6 11 67 50 17 9 4 4 33 24 15 6 2 7 34 26 17 51
7 Paide U21 32 17 0 15 73 73 16 8 0 8 34 32 16 9 0 7 39 41 0 51
8 K-Jarve JK Jarve 32 7 3 22 24 93 17 4 2 11 11 38 15 3 1 11 13 55 -69 24
9 Pärnu 32 4 8 20 28 61 15 3 4 8 19 24 17 1 4 12 9 37 -33 20
10 Tulevik 32 5 5 22 25 92 16 3 4 9 15 41 16 2 1 13 10 51 -67 20

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.