Esiliiga A match lowdown: Paide U21 versus Legion

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paide linnastaadion kunstmuruväljak (268 seats)

This duo has had a low return so far, but a win and three points in this crucial match would definitely help. Get set for Paide U21 - Legion!

Insights:
  • Paide U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Esiliiga A
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (18) in Esiliiga A

This could be an interesting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Paide U21 form and stats

With 2 Esiliiga A wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from their home games, Paide U21 are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Paide U21 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Alliance, Elva and Paide U21), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Aer was the last player to score a league goal for Paide U21 and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Paide U21 haven't scored in 196 minutes.

Paide U21 drew their last game, 0-0 away at Nõmme United (placed 1st).

Before that game, the home loss against Tabasalu with the scoreline 0-1.

It should be considered that a look at the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Paide has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches.

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Legion form and stats

Legion have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Esiliiga A, after 1-0-9 (10 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Belov, the Legion manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Legion's previous game was their home loss versus Flora II (0-6). Legion lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting FC Tallinn's place.

Take note: 10 of the latest 12 league fixtures involving this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Legion are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Paide U21 - Legion 2-0. Ištšenko (Legion) was sent off when these teams last played each other. Head to head data (for the previous two meetings): Paide won one game, one match ended with a tie and Legion got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one.

Top Goalscorers

Paide U21M. Einer
M. Einer
4 goals

Paide U21 missing players

Legion missing players

Paide U21 Legion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
12 7 1 Lost L 2 9 14
37 14 8 Scored S 2 9 18
43 20 5 Conceded C 4 26 51
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
65% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 70%
55% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 45%
40% 30% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 35%
55% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 45%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
35% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 50%
 
5.2 5.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.9 3.9
4.7 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.2 6
1.8 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.5 13.1 17 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.9 9.9
5.7 4.9 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4.2
32% 27% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 20% 21%
 
16.9 17.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15.7 15.4
7.7 8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 7.5 7.5
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • Legion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Legion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals (18) in Esiliiga A
  • Legion have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Esiliiga A
  • Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Legion is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Paide U21 have scored more than double the goals of Legion.
  • Paide U21 have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Esiliiga A
  • Paide U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 20 15 3 2 56 17 10 7 2 1 26 9 10 8 1 1 30 8 39 48
2 Flora II 19 13 2 4 46 27 9 7 1 1 28 17 10 6 1 3 18 10 19 41
3 Viimsi 19 10 5 4 39 21 10 5 4 1 15 5 9 5 1 3 24 16 18 35
4 Tabasalu 20 11 1 8 46 33 10 6 0 4 23 16 10 5 1 4 23 17 13 34
5 Levadia II 18 10 3 5 35 25 9 5 1 3 19 11 9 5 2 2 16 14 10 33
6 FC Tallinn 20 10 2 8 42 35 10 6 0 4 26 19 10 4 2 4 16 16 7 32
7 Elva 20 6 2 12 27 42 10 4 1 5 16 17 10 2 1 7 11 25 -15 20
8 Paide U21 20 4 4 12 37 43 10 2 1 7 14 20 10 2 3 5 23 23 -6 16
9 Legion 20 4 2 14 18 51 10 3 2 5 9 25 10 1 0 9 9 26 -33 14
10 Alliance 20 3 0 17 24 76 10 2 0 8 15 40 10 1 0 9 9 36 -52 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.