Esiliiga A prediction: Flora II should edge out Tulevik on their own turf

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Mon 14.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportland Arena (500 seats)

Tulevik have journeyed here for an absorbing game against the hosts Flora II. Read up on the game with this full Esiliiga A preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Flora II form and stats

Flora II have only played one Esiliiga A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 13 matches.

Flora lost their last game at Harju Jalgpallikool (placed 1st) after a 2-4 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Viimsi in a game that was won 2-1.

Everyone expects Flora II to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found nine games: six home wins, two draws and one defeat. Flora II have won with at least two goals margin six times in similar situations.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Flora II at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Tulevik form and stats

Only one away game in the Esiliiga A so far for Tulevik and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 loss from 2 travels.

Home advantage was not enough for Tulevik in their previous game as they lost hosting Paide U21, 0-5.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Parnu at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Tulevik are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 16 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were five wins, three draws and eight defeats. Of the defeats, six games were lost by at least two goals margin.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Tulevik has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Flora won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Tulevik have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Flora IIK. Orren
K. Orren
1 goals

Flora II missing players

Tulevik missing players

Flora II Tulevik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 2 2 Scored S 0 2 2
5 1 1 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4.5 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2
6.5 10 10 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6.5
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 8
5.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.5
36% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 29%
 
11.5 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 18.5
6 5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 8.5
Flora II Last season Tulevik
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   15 29
11 4   Won W   3 9
6 4   Drew D   1 3
10 5   Lost L   11 17
38 19   Scored S   15 39
47 27   Conceded C   37 62
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
70% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 76%
56% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 66%
33% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 52%
19% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 28%
63% 69%   BTTS BTTS   67% 62%
22% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 10%
19% 15%   Failed to Score F T   27% 28%
 
4.1 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.1
3.6 2.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.4
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.5
1 0   Red cards R C   5 7
 
9.4 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 10.8
4.3 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%
 
11.4 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 11.8
5 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 5.2

  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 2 2 0 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 6 6
2 Nomme United 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
3 Elva 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 4
4 Paide U21 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 3
5 Levadia II 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
6 Flora II 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
7 Tulevik 2 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -4 3
8 Viimsi 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
9 K-Jarve JK Jarve 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1
10 Parnu 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
Last season 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 27 21 3 3 92 29 13 9 2 2 41 15 14 12 1 1 51 14 63 66
2 Tallinna Kalev 27 19 7 1 71 31 14 8 5 1 33 18 13 11 2 0 38 13 40 64
3 Paide U21 27 16 3 8 79 45 14 8 0 6 44 27 13 8 3 2 35 18 34 51
4 Nomme United 27 12 5 10 74 55 13 4 3 6 31 27 14 8 2 4 43 28 19 41
5 Flora II 27 11 6 10 38 47 13 4 4 5 19 27 14 7 2 5 19 20 -9 39
6 Elva 27 9 2 16 42 54 15 6 1 8 28 32 12 3 1 8 14 22 -12 29
7 Levadia II 27 8 5 14 45 72 13 4 1 8 23 36 14 4 4 6 22 36 -27 29
8 Parnu 27 7 4 16 33 57 13 3 2 8 15 24 14 4 2 8 18 33 -24 25
9 Tammeka II 27 6 5 16 40 75 13 3 1 9 19 38 14 3 4 7 21 37 -35 23
10 Tartu Welco 27 4 4 19 26 75 14 3 3 8 15 28 13 1 1 11 11 47 -49 16
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kuressaare 3 2 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 6 1 5 34
2 Tulevik 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 30
3 Tammeka 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25
4 Vaprus 3 1 0 2 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 -4 18

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.