No home advantage expected for Esiliiga A battle between Pärnu and Flora II

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pärnu Rannastaadion (15000 seats)

Pärnu will hope that their home support is enough to get a victory from this demanding encounter, against spirited Flora II.

Insights:
  • Pärnu have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Esiliiga A
  • Flora II have scored more than double the goals of Pärnu.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Esiliiga A game only four days ago. That game, against Paide U21, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Flora II.

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Pärnu form and stats

Pärnu's struggle is real here at Pärnu Rannastaadion with only 4 points collected from 10 Esiliiga A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-6.

Pärnat was the last player to score a league goal for Pärnu and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pärnu haven't scored in 318 minutes.

Pärnu lost their last game at Nomme United (placed 7th) after a 0-3 scoreline.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Tulevik the opponent.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Pärnu have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 2 and lost 6 from 8 games. 4 defeats by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Pärnu after this match as they are travelling to Tammeka for a Estonian Cup game in only four days.

Pärnu have scored 6 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Pärnu defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Flora II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Esiliiga A travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Flora, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Paide U21 (placed 5th) last time out.

Before that, Flora II secured a home win against Viimsi with the score 4-1.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this side's 12 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Flora II are regular goalscorers on their travels. Flora II struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Flora II have avoided a loss in the last 9 games (5-4-0) versus Pärnu.

It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Flora II - Pärnu 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Flora IIB. Vain
B. Vain
3 goals

Pärnu missing players

Flora II missing players

Pärnu Flora II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 3 11 22
0 0 0 Won W 1 5 13
8 4 2 Drew D 1 2 2
14 6 0 Lost L 1 4 7
10 6 1 Scored S 4 24 50
35 16 1 Conceded C 3 18 31
82% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
59% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
36% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 73% 77%
9% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 45% 50%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 45% 41%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 64% 55%
18% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 32%
59% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 18%
 
3 3.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.2 4.6
6.6 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.9 5
2.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.9 8.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.4 12.4
2.6 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.4 6
18% 18% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 38%
 
15.8 13.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 10.1 10.1
6.3 5.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 4.3
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • Flora II have scored more than double the goals of Pärnu.
  • Pärnu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Pärnu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pärnu have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Esiliiga A
  • Pärnu have the fewest points (4) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Pärnu have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Esiliiga A
  • Pärnu have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Esiliiga A
  • Pärnu have yet to win a 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 Levadia II 22 14 3 5 55 29 11 7 1 3 25 15 11 7 2 2 30 14 26 45
2 Flora II 22 13 2 7 50 31 11 8 0 3 26 13 11 5 2 4 24 18 19 41
3 Harju Jalgpallikool 22 12 4 6 60 32 11 8 1 2 38 14 11 4 3 4 22 18 28 40
4 Elva 22 12 4 6 44 34 12 7 2 3 31 16 10 5 2 3 13 18 10 40
5 Paide U21 22 13 0 9 56 41 11 6 0 5 26 21 11 7 0 4 30 20 15 39
6 Viimsi 22 12 2 8 46 29 11 7 2 2 33 13 11 5 0 6 13 16 17 38
7 Nomme United 22 8 5 9 40 40 11 5 3 3 19 17 11 3 2 6 21 23 0 29
8 K-Jarve JK Jarve 22 7 2 13 21 53 12 4 1 7 8 24 10 3 1 6 13 29 -32 23
9 Tulevik 22 2 4 16 10 68 10 1 3 6 6 25 12 1 1 10 4 43 -58 10
10 Pärnu 22 0 8 14 10 35 10 0 4 6 6 16 12 0 4 8 4 19 -25 8

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.