Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Maardu welcomes Nõmme United

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Sat 17.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Maardu linnastaadion (1500 seats)

14 points separate the two duelists in this Esiliiga A match. Maardu hold both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (41) in Esiliiga A
  • Nõmme United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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 Maardu and Nõmme United.

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Maardu form and stats

When playing at home in the Esiliiga A, Maardu, who have the most scored goals (41) in Esiliiga A, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

A good away victory last time out for Maardu, who won 4-0 against Tartu Welco (placed 10th). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Maardu played a great game against Tartu Welco and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, Maardu had a home game versus Levadia II which ended with a victory 3-1.

Maardu always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Maardu linnastaadion with 18 goals in 5 league games. Maardu have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nõmme United form and stats

2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nõmme United in their Esiliiga A matches away.

Nõmme's previous game was their home loss versus Tammeka II (2-3). Leading 2-0 was not enough for Nõmme in their fight with Tammeka II last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Parnu.

Nõmme have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches. For Nõmme United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Nõmme United - Maardu 1-3. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Maardu, zero draws and three wins for Nõmme United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Nõmme UnitedR. Saarma
R. Saarma
12 goals
MaarduV. Gussev
V. Gussev
9 goals
MaarduV. Aksjonov
V. Aksjonov
8 goals

Maardu missing players

Nõmme United missing players

Maardu Nõmme United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 4 10
9 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
41 18 8 Scored S 0 9 23
7 4 1 Conceded C 2 8 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 80%
82% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 70%
36% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
45% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
55% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 30%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 20%
 
6 6.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.1
2.5 2.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 4.6
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.3 17.8 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.8 10.3
7.6 8.2 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 5.4
49% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 43%
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • All of Maardu's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Maardu have not yet lost a game.
  • Maardu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maardu have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Maardu have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most clean sheets (6) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (18) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (41) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the the best goal difference (+34) 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.
  • Nõmme United 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 11 9 2 0 41 7 5 4 1 0 18 4 6 5 1 0 23 3 34 29
2 Tallinna Kalev 11 9 1 1 32 12 6 4 1 1 10 7 5 5 0 0 22 5 20 28
3 Paide U21 10 6 1 3 29 13 5 3 0 2 16 9 5 3 1 1 13 4 16 19
4 Levadia II 10 5 1 4 19 22 5 2 0 3 9 13 5 3 1 1 10 9 -3 16
5 Nõmme United 10 5 0 5 23 19 6 3 0 3 14 11 4 2 0 2 9 8 4 15
6 Parnu 11 4 1 6 14 25 5 2 1 2 7 6 6 2 0 4 7 19 -11 13
7 Flora II 11 3 3 5 11 23 5 1 2 2 5 11 6 2 1 3 6 12 -12 12
8 Elva 11 3 0 8 16 26 5 3 0 2 12 14 6 0 0 6 4 12 -10 9
9 Tammeka II 10 2 2 6 12 27 5 1 0 4 6 16 5 1 2 2 6 11 -15 8
10 Tartu Welco 11 0 3 8 6 29 6 0 2 4 2 13 5 0 1 4 4 16 -23 3

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.