Elva will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Legion.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Estonian Cup match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Elva Nike Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Legion have had more rest.
Elva form and stats
15 points is a decent return from 7 Esiliiga games here at Elva Nike Arena for Elva. The data says 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Elva to get some points in this home game.
Elva's last game was hosting Tabasalu and winning 2-0. Preceding that match was the home Esiliiga game against Levadia II that was lost 0-1.
Elva are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Elva Nike Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 19 goals in 7 attempts. Elva's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Legion form and stats
The strength of Legion, who have the most scored goals (43) in Esiliiga, on their travels this season is incredible with 22 points collected from 8 Esiliiga away games. Legion has 7-1-0 on the road, with 26 goals scored and 12 conceded. The fact that Legion have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Legion won their last game, 5-2 versus Vaprus played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 18-0 against K-Järve JK Järve.
What a finish in the last match, as Legion came back from being down 0-2 and secured all three points through M. Satov in the 88th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Legion, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? It's hard not to mention M. Šatov's lethal finishing against Vaprus. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.
Legion are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (26 goals from 8 away games). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Legion have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Elva and Legion have met before this season: Legion - Elva 5-3. Elva-Legion H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Elva 0 wins, Legion 3 wins, 0 draws. 3 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Alijev 36 goals |  M. Šatov 24 goals |  D. Vnukov 12 goals |
Elva missing players
Legion missing players
| Elva | Legion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 18 | 12 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 67 | 41 | 9 | Scored | S | 9 | 46 | 122 |
| 58 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 83% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 71% | 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 76% | 77% |
| 51% | 59% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 53% | 49% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 41% | 37% |
| 60% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 71% | 51% |
| 29% | 41% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 49% |
| 11% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 4 | 7 | 8 |
- Elva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Elva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Legion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Legion have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Legion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Legion | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Flora II | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 30 |
| 3 | Vaprus | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 4 | K-Järve JK Järve | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Elva | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Tammeka II | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Rakvere Tarvas | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 25 | -19 | 16 |
| 8 | Levadia II | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 14 |
| 9 | Tallinna Kalev II | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -17 | 14 |
| 10 | Tartu Welco | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 5 |