Struggling Rakvere Tarvas will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Flora II in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rakvere Tarvas form and stats
Rakvere Tarvas have played 8 Esiliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-4 (wins-draws-losses). The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Rakvere kunstmurustaadion, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Levadia II game. Rakvere Tarvas has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager T. Rebane and the players.
The Rakvere Tarvas crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Flora II here at Rakvere kunstmurustaadion in a Esiliiga match. Heartbreak before that as Rakvere Tarvas lost 0-4 at Levadia II's place.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Rakvere Tarvas had similar winning odds as today, and found two games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Rakvere Tarvas lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
Rakvere Tarvas has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Rakvere Tarvas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Flora II form and stats
Playing away, Flora II, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Esiliiga, have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Esiliiga this season. Things are running smoothly for Flora II who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Vaprus.
Two travels in a row for Flora II, whose manager A. Sillaste could celebrate last time after the Esiliiga win against Rakvere Tarvas. Prior to that match, the Flora II manager A. Sillaste faced defeat when travelling to Tabasalu and losing 1-2.
As mentioned earlier, Flora II will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 2 wins (2 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 1 surprising defeat.
The Flora II manager A. Sillaste has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 7 league matches. Flora II have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Rakvere Tarvas - Flora II 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Rakvere Tarvas, 2 draws and 7 wins for Flora II. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Jermatšenko 13 goals | A. Iljin 12 goals |   J. Ljaš 9 goals |
Rakvere Tarvas missing players
Flora II missing players
| Rakvere Tarvas | Flora II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 32 | 20 | 1 | Scored | S | 11 | 32 | 83 |
| 96 | 40 | 14 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 89% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 83% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 59% | 60% |
| 49% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 37% |
| 34% | 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | 31% |
| 37% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 51% |
| 9% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 35% | 37% |
| 54% | 39% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.4 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 6.6 | 5.9 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
- Flora II have created more than twice as many corners as Rakvere Tarvas.
- Flora II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Flora II have scored more than double the goals of Rakvere Tarvas.
- Rakvere Tarvas have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Rakvere Tarvas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rakvere Tarvas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rakvere Tarvas 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 | 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-Jarve JK Jarve | 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 |