Sportland Arena: Legion vs Viimsi Esiliiga A pre-match guide

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Thu 29.Jun
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportland Arena (500 seats)

Playing at their own ground feels relaxed and friendly for Legion, but Viimsi are fully motivated and qualified to get all three points. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (16) in Esiliiga A
  • Viimsi have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Esiliiga A

This looks to be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Legion form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Legion have to build on here at Sportland Arena in the Esiliiga A. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Legion, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Legion are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 181 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Eensalu).

Legion are returning here after guesting Tallinna Kalev Juunior in a Estonian Cup match and winning with a 10-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alliance (0-1).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Levadia II are coming to town in three days.

The Legion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Legion are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 7 played).

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Viimsi form and stats

Playing away, Viimsi have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Esiliiga A this season.

The fans enjoyed Viimsi's previous match versus Paide III, a Estonian Cup win (4-0) played at home.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Tabasalu.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

After this away game Viimsi return home for a Esiliiga A game against Nõmme United. That game is only four sleeps after this.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Viimsi are regular goalscorers on their travels.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the participants played each other earlier this season; Viimsi - Legion 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

ViimsiG. Lehtmets
G. Lehtmets
13 goals
ViimsiO. Mägi
O. Mägi
4 goals

Legion missing players

Viimsi missing players

Legion Viimsi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 3 7 16
4 3 0 Won W 2 3 8
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 5
11 3 1 Lost L 0 3 3
16 9 0 Scored S 11 17 32
39 16 6 Conceded C 5 14 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
81% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
69% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 56%
44% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 71% 44%
31% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 12%
50% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 69%
6% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 31%
44% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
3.7 3.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.6 5.1
6.5 6.3 16 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.3 3.7
2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
9.3 10 6 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.7 14.6
4.4 4.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.3 7.3 7.2
23% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 28%
 
15.4 14.4 19 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 12.4 8.9
7.2 6.6 11 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 6.4 4.3
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • All of Viimsi's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Legion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (16) in Esiliiga A
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (9) at home 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.
  • Viimsi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Viimsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viimsi have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Viimsi have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Esiliiga A
  • Viimsi have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Esiliiga A
  • Viimsi have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Esiliiga A
  • Viimsi 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 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

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.