FC Tallinn vs Legion: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Sat 08.Jul
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lasnamäe SPK kunstmuruväljak (666 seats)

Most people believe in FC Tallinn in this match against Legion, but the away side will resist to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • FC Tallinn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (16) in Esiliiga A

The hosts FC Tallinn saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Esiliiga A. That game was an away game at Flora II, so at least Tallinn are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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FC Tallinn form and stats

The story so far in the Esiliiga A for FC Tallinn at their home stadium (Lasnamäe SPK kunstmuruväljak) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for FC Tallinn bring valid hopes of a third.

FC Tallinn lost their last game at Flora II (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in four league matches. Heartbreak for Tallinn in their last match as Flora II's Luup scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that match, a win away at Tabasalu.

An interesting fact: 12 of the most recent 16 league games from this club have had goals from both teams.

Goals are plentiful at Lasnamäe SPK kunstmuruväljak in the league this season as FC Tallinn has scored 21 goals here in 8 home games. FC Tallinn have conceded 13 from these games.

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Legion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Legion so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-8 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Legion are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Eensalu was the last player to score for the away team. Legion haven't scored a league goal in the last 361 minutes.

Legion played 0-0 against Levadia II in their previous match.

A loss against Viimsi was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Highlight this: 9 of the latest 10 league matches involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The attacking power of Legion when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Legion are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Tallinn - Legion 4-0. Previous two meetings featuring these teams: FC Tallinn won one, Legion triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals. One of the profiles has been Nesterov with 2 goals scored against Legion in these 2 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

FC TallinnK. Nesterov
K. Nesterov
10 goals
FC TallinnA. Taar
A. Taar
6 goals

FC Tallinn missing players

Legion missing players

FC Tallinn Legion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 2 9 18
9 5 3 Won W 1 1 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 3 0 Lost L 1 8 12
37 21 11 Scored S 2 7 16
29 13 3 Conceded C 3 23 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 78%
78% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 67%
61% 88% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 39%
33% 38% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 28%
72% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 44%
17% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 50%
 
3.8 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 3.8
4.3 4.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.7 6.1
2.3 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.7 13.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.8 9.4
6.6 7.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.2
31% 37% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 19% 21%
 
14.6 14.4 17.3 Shots against (avg) S A 20 16.1 15
7.3 7.5 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 7.8 7.1
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • All of FC Tallinn's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Tallinn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Tallinn have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Tallinn have scored more than double the goals of Legion.
  • FC Tallinn haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Legion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Legion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (16) in Esiliiga A
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Esiliiga A
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Esiliiga A
  • Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nomme United 18 15 2 1 56 16 9 7 1 1 26 9 9 8 1 0 30 7 40 47
2 Flora II 17 11 2 4 37 26 9 7 1 1 28 17 8 4 1 3 9 9 11 35
3 Viimsi 18 9 5 4 35 19 10 5 4 1 15 5 8 4 1 3 20 14 16 32
4 Levadia II 16 9 3 4 32 21 7 4 1 2 16 7 9 5 2 2 16 14 11 30
5 FC Tallinn 18 9 2 7 37 29 8 5 0 3 21 13 10 4 2 4 16 16 8 29
6 Tabasalu 18 9 1 8 38 31 9 5 0 4 19 16 9 4 1 4 19 15 7 28
7 Elva 19 6 2 11 27 38 10 4 1 5 16 17 9 2 1 6 11 21 -11 20
8 Paide U21 19 4 3 12 37 43 10 2 1 7 14 20 9 2 2 5 23 23 -6 15
9 Legion 18 4 2 12 16 42 9 3 2 4 9 19 9 1 0 8 7 23 -26 14
10 Alliance 19 3 0 16 23 73 9 2 0 7 14 37 10 1 0 9 9 36 -50 9

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.