Maardu vs Tallinna Kalev match preview

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Mon 02.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Maardu linnastaadion (1500 seats)

13 rounds of fixtures have been played and both Maardu and Tallinna Kalev are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (48) in Esiliiga A
  • Tallinna Kalev have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) 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.

This pitch has grass, which is not Tallinna Kalev's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Tallinna Kalev have performed like this: Played 39 matches resulting in 10 wins, 9 draws and 20 defeats with the goal stats 56-83 (scored/conceded).

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Maardu form and stats

This stadium, Maardu linnastaadion, has been a fortress for Maardu in the Esiliiga A so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.

Maardu enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Pärnu's place. The match ended 2-1 with E. Grigorjev and T. Bulavkin scoring. Manager A. Briaunys felt very clever after T. Bulavkin scored the winning goal against Pärnu, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 64th minute.

Ahead of that match, Maardu won a home game hosting Nomme United (5-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maardu as they are travelling to their away game against Tammeka II in the Esiliiga A. That match is four days after this one.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Maardu is on fire here. A stunning 23 from 6 league matches. Maardu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Maardu linnastaadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Tallinna Kalev form and stats

Playing away, Tallinna Kalev have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Esiliiga A this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Maardu.

Impressive finishing from K. Laur (2), R. Sillamaa (2) and S. El Aabchi secured the home win 5-1 against Tammeka II in their previous game. As mentioned above, Tallinna Kalev was the only team on the pitch versus Tammeka II in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Before that one, a nice away victory 9-2 at TransferWise.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Tallinna Kalev alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (22 from 5 played). Tallinna have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tallinna Kalev - Maardu 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Maardu wins - draws - Tallinna Kalev wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MaarduV. Gussev
V. Gussev
11 goals
Tallinna KalevA. Purje
A. Purje
11 goals
MaarduR. Sobtšenko
R. Sobtšenko
9 goals

Maardu missing players

Tallinna Kalev missing players

Maardu Tallinna Kalev
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 5 12
11 5 1 Won W 1 5 10
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
48 23 2 Scored S 4 22 37
9 5 1 Conceded C 0 5 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
77% 83% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 67%
38% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 60% 42%
54% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 58%
46% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
6.2 7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.6
2.9 2.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3 3.8
1.9 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.6 0.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 17.7 17 Shots (avg) S ( 19 11.2 11.7
8.2 8.7 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 6.6 6.5
45% 44% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 67% 47%
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • All of Maardu's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Tallinna Kalev's away-matches have had more than 3,5 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 (5) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the fewest conceded goals (9) 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 points from losing position (11) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals (48) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Maardu have the the best goal difference (+39) 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.
  • Tallinna Kalev have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tallinna Kalev have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tallinna Kalev have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Tallinna Kalev have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Esiliiga A
  • Tallinna Kalev have won all their away games so far.
  • Tallinna Kalev have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tallinna Kalev 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 13 11 2 0 48 9 6 5 1 0 23 5 7 6 1 0 25 4 39 35
2 Tallinna Kalev 12 10 1 1 37 13 7 5 1 1 15 8 5 5 0 0 22 5 24 31
3 Paide U21 13 9 1 3 40 16 7 5 0 2 26 12 6 4 1 1 14 4 24 28
4 Levadia II 12 5 3 4 21 24 5 2 0 3 9 13 7 3 3 1 12 11 -3 18
5 Nomme United 12 5 1 6 25 25 7 3 1 3 15 12 5 2 0 3 10 13 0 16
6 Flora II 13 4 4 5 15 25 6 1 3 2 6 12 7 3 1 3 9 13 -10 16
7 Pärnu 12 4 1 7 15 27 6 2 1 3 8 8 6 2 0 4 7 19 -12 13
8 Tammeka II 13 3 2 8 21 40 6 2 0 4 12 16 7 1 2 4 9 24 -19 11
9 Elva 13 3 0 10 17 30 7 3 0 4 13 18 6 0 0 6 4 12 -13 9
10 Tartu Welco 13 0 3 10 7 37 6 0 2 4 2 13 7 0 1 6 5 24 -30 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.