Flora II vs Maardu match preview

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Wed 15.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: A. Le Coq Arena (15000 seats)

Flora II will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Maardu.

Insights:
  • Flora II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (63) in Esiliiga A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Flora II form and stats

Flora II have collected 13 points from their Esiliiga A home games so far after 3-4-3.

It's back home for Flora, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Paide U21 away with the result 2-1. A. Kiivit and G. Vende found the net in that victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Levadia II that was lost 1-2.

There will be little rest for Flora after this match as they are travelling to Parnu for a Esiliiga A game in only three days.

The Flora II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Flora defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Maardu form and stats

The away performances of Maardu have been very solid so far with 10 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Esiliiga A. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Maardu's record of nine away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Tallinna Kalev game.

Maardu's last game was the home draw against Parnu (1-1).

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at Nomme United.

A quick return to home after this game, as Maardu are hosting Tartu Welco in the Esiliiga A only three days away.

Maardu are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (37 goals from 11 away games). Maardu are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Maardu - Flora II 1-3 was the outcome when these two teams formerly played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Flora victories, one draw and four Maardu wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MaarduV. Gussev
V. Gussev
15 goals
MaarduV. Aksjonov
V. Aksjonov
11 goals
MaarduI. Zelentsov
I. Zelentsov
9 goals

Flora II missing players

Maardu missing players

Flora II Maardu
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 11 20
8 3 0 Won W 3 10 15
6 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 0 0 2
28 13 3 Scored S 12 37 63
33 17 7 Conceded C 3 9 20
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 95%
60% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 91% 90%
30% 30% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 64% 65%
10% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 36% 35%
70% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 65%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 45% 35%
15% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 5.1 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.5 6
2.9 1.7 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.4 3
1.2 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 10.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 16.7 15.6 15.3
4.3 4.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 8.2 8
33% 27% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 41% 40%
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • Flora II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Flora II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Flora II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Maardu have not yet lost a game away.
  • Maardu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maardu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maardu have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Maardu have scored more than double the goals of Flora II.
  • Maardu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most points (31) away in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most points from losing position (15) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (37) away in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (63) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the the best goal difference (+28) away in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the the best goal difference (+43) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Maardu 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 Maardu 20 15 3 2 63 20 9 5 2 2 26 11 11 10 1 0 37 9 43 48
2 Tallinna Kalev 18 14 3 1 51 17 9 6 2 1 21 9 9 8 1 0 30 8 34 45
3 Paide U21 19 12 1 6 55 29 10 5 0 5 30 21 9 7 1 1 25 8 26 37
4 Flora II 20 8 6 6 28 33 10 3 4 3 13 17 10 5 2 3 15 16 -5 30
5 Levadia II 19 7 3 9 32 45 9 3 0 6 17 25 10 4 3 3 15 20 -13 24
6 Nomme United 16 7 2 7 40 36 8 3 1 4 17 16 8 4 1 3 23 20 4 23
7 Parnu 20 6 3 11 25 44 10 3 2 5 14 18 10 3 1 6 11 26 -19 21
8 Elva 19 6 0 13 28 40 11 5 0 6 22 24 8 1 0 7 6 16 -12 18
9 Tammeka II 19 3 3 13 25 55 9 2 0 7 14 25 10 1 3 6 11 30 -30 12
10 Tartu Welco 18 2 4 12 14 42 9 1 3 5 6 15 9 1 1 7 8 27 -28 10

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.