Maardu vs Pärnu match preview

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Maardu linnastaadion (1500 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Maardu supporters in this Maardu linnastaadion clash with Pärnu, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Esiliiga table.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Estonian Cup. That game was an away game at Viimsi, so at least Maardu are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Maardu form and stats

Home games in the Esiliiga have been a walk in the park for Maardu so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

A good away victory last time out for Maardu, who won 2-1 against Viimsi (after extra-time). Heartbreak before that as Maardu lost 1-2 at Levadia II's place.

Goals decide football matches and Maardu are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Maardu have only let in 4 goals at home.

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Pärnu form and stats

There's been little loot from Pärnu's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Esiliiga. Pärnu, who have the most conceded goals (22) away in Esiliiga, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-2 against Tammeka II in their previous game. Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Flora.

Pärnu find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. There are big problems for the Pärnu defense as they have conceded 22 goals in 7 away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Pärnu - Maardu 0-1 entered in the official records.

Maardu missing players

Pärnu missing players

Maardu Pärnu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 2 7 16
11 7 4 Won W 0 1 5
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 0 0 Lost L 1 5 8
30 18 13 Scored S 1 9 22
20 4 2 Conceded C 5 22 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
62% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 86% 56%
44% 38% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 71% 50%
25% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 31%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 86% 69%
44% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 19%
 
7.6 7.6 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.3 5.4
5.8 5.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.3 5.8
3.1 3.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
222 105 49 Total Shots T S 25 72 154
91 50 27 Shots on Target S O 7 26 64
33% 36% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 27% 31%
Key stats in Esiliiga this season:
  • All of Pärnu's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Maardu has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
  • Maardu has the most clean sheets (7)
  • Maardu has the most points (22) at home
  • Maardu have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Maardu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Maardu have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Maardu haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pärnu has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Pärnu has the most conceded goals (22) away
  • Pärnu has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
  • Pärnu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pärnu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Pärnu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pärnu 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 16 11 1 4 30 20 8 7 1 0 18 4 8 4 0 4 12 16 10 34
2 Nõmme United 16 9 6 1 39 16 8 4 4 0 17 5 8 5 2 1 22 11 23 33
3 Vaprus 16 8 6 2 36 16 8 5 3 0 21 6 8 3 3 2 15 10 20 30
4 Elva 16 7 4 5 28 27 9 5 1 3 19 15 7 2 3 2 9 12 1 25
5 Flora II 16 6 4 6 24 17 7 3 1 3 12 7 9 3 3 3 12 10 7 22
6 Levadia II 16 6 3 7 19 24 8 5 2 1 14 10 8 1 1 6 5 14 -5 21
7 Vandra 16 6 2 8 28 33 7 4 1 2 17 14 9 2 1 6 11 19 -5 20
8 Pärnu 16 5 3 8 22 34 9 4 2 3 13 12 7 1 1 5 9 22 -12 18
9 Tammeka II 16 5 0 11 21 32 8 4 0 4 16 12 8 1 0 7 5 20 -11 15
10 K-Jarve JK Jarve 16 1 3 12 6 34 8 1 1 6 4 17 8 0 2 6 2 17 -28 3

Read more about Esiliiga

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.