Esiliiga A: Tallinna Kalev - Levadia II preview and facts

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga A
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kalevi Keskstaadioni kunstmuru (270 seats)

The hosting team, Tallinna Kalev, should be the favourites in this game, but Levadia II have shown both competence and guts. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Tallinna Kalev is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Levadia II have scored in all their away matches so far.

The visiting Levadia II played their last game only three days ago, a Esiliiga A match.

3-1-1 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Levadia II when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those five matches are 13-3 (scored/conceded).

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Tallinna Kalev form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Esiliiga A games here at Kalevi Keskstaadioni kunstmuru for Tallinna Kalev. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Tallinna Kalev haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Paide U21, 97 days ago.

Tallinna Kalev enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tartu Welco's place. The match ended 1-0 with M. Velijev scoring.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Flora II that ended 1-1.

Goals decide football matches and Tallinna Kalev are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. Tallinna's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Levadia II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Esiliiga A travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Levadia II failed to get anything from their last game, a Esiliiga A home match vs Nõmme United (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 2-7. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Nõmme United was particularly ugly (2-7). The humiliation is still top of mind.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Tammeka II.

Levadia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. As for defending, Levadia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the result Levadia II - Tallinna 3-4 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Tallinna Kalev wins - draws - Levadia II wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tallinna KalevA. Purje
A. Purje
11 goals
TallinnaR. Sillamaa
R. Sillamaa
9 goals
Levadia IIN. Dronov
N. Dronov
7 goals

Tallinna Kalev missing players

Levadia II missing players

Tallinna Kalev Levadia II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
12 5 1 Won W 1 3 6
2 2 1 Drew D 0 3 3
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 7
41 16 3 Scored S 3 13 29
15 9 1 Conceded C 4 14 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 75%
53% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 56%
33% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 38%
60% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 75%
33% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
7% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.3 4.9 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.8 3.8
3.8 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.8 4.8
0.7 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.9 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.7 12.2 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 2.5 7.9 9.9
6.1 6.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 3.4 4.8
45% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 300% 48% 38%
Key stats in Esiliiga A this season:
  • Levadia II have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Levadia II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tallinna Kalev have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tallinna Kalev have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Esiliiga A
  • Tallinna Kalev have the most points (17) at home in Esiliiga A
  • Tallinna Kalev haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tallinna Kalev is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 16 13 2 1 56 14 7 5 1 1 24 7 9 8 1 0 32 7 42 41
2 Tallinna Kalev 15 12 2 1 41 15 8 5 2 1 16 9 7 7 0 0 25 6 26 38
3 Paide U21 15 10 1 4 45 23 8 5 0 3 28 17 7 5 1 1 17 6 22 31
4 Nõmme United 15 7 2 6 38 32 7 3 1 3 15 12 8 4 1 3 23 20 6 23
5 Levadia II 16 6 3 7 29 37 8 3 0 5 16 23 8 3 3 2 13 14 -8 21
6 Flora II 16 5 6 5 20 28 8 2 4 2 10 14 8 3 2 3 10 14 -8 21
7 Parnu 15 6 1 8 20 31 7 3 1 3 10 9 8 3 0 5 10 22 -11 19
8 Elva 16 4 0 12 23 38 9 4 0 5 19 23 7 0 0 7 4 15 -15 12
9 Tammeka II 16 3 2 11 23 48 8 2 0 6 14 21 8 1 2 5 9 27 -25 11
10 Tartu Welco 16 1 3 12 11 40 8 1 2 5 5 14 8 0 1 7 6 26 -29 6

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.