Match preview Esiliiga: Rakvere Tarvas - Legion at Rakvere linnastaadion

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rakvere linnastaadion (2500 seats)

The visiting Legion side should be favourites in this visit to Rakvere Tarvas, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.

Rakvere Tarvas and Legion should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Rakvere Tarvas form and stats

4-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Esiliiga numbers at home for Rakvere Tarvas so far this season. The Rakvere Tarvas manager T. Rebane might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Happy days for Rakvere Tarvas in their previous game, a Esiliiga match away at Tallinna Kalev II (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Rakvere Tarvas lost 0-2 at Elva's place.

The Rakvere Tarvas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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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.

Legion won their last game, 4-0 versus Tammeka II played at home. Before that, Legion travelled to Tartu Welco and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

The Legion manager D. Belov has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 26 goals in 8 league matches away. 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

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Legion - Rakvere Tarvas 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Rakvere Tarvas victories, 0 draws and 8 Legion wins. 9 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Alijev
29 goals
M. Šatov
15 goals
S. Tšendei
10 goals

Rakvere Tarvas missing players

Legion missing players

Rakvere Tarvas Legion
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 6 16 32
7 5 0 Won W 4 11 25
4 2 0 Drew D 2 4 5
21 9 3 Lost L 0 1 2
32 20 1 Scored S 19 42 95
86 34 9 Conceded C 10 24 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 94% 94%
59% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 75% 75%
47% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 83% 50% 44%
38% 31% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 44% 34%
41% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 83% 75% 53%
9% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 47%
50% 31% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 3%
 
3.3 3.5 3.3 Corners For (avg) C F 9.5 8 8
6.8 6.4 5.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 3.1 2.9
1.9 2.4 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 7 8
Key stats This season:
  • Legion have created more than twice as many corners as Rakvere Tarvas.
  • 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 scored more than double the goals of Rakvere Tarvas.
  • Legion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Legion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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.

Rakvere Tarvas
All Esiliiga Estonian Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
01-09-19 ES Legion 2 - 0 Rakvere Tarvas
14-09-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 1 - 4 Tammeka II
19-09-19 ES Tartu Welco 4 - 0 Rakvere Tarvas
28-09-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 0 - 5 Vaprus
05-10-19 ES Elva 2 - 0 Rakvere Tarvas
14-10-19 ES Tallinna Kalev II 0 - 1 Rakvere Tarvas
19-10-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 12:00 Legion
24-10-19 ES Levadia II 18:00 Rakvere Tarvas
02-11-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 12:00 Flora II
10-11-19 ES K-Järve JK Järve 12:00 Rakvere Tarvas
Legion
All Esiliiga Estonian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away Away vs low
07-09-19 ES Legion 5 - 3 Elva
14-09-19 ES Tallinna Kalev II 0 - 1 Legion
19-09-19 ES Legion 1 - 2 Flora II
22-09-19 ES Legion 2 - 0 Levadia II
26-09-19 ES Tartu Welco 2 - 2 Legion
05-10-19 ES Legion 4 - 0 Tammeka II
19-10-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 12:00 Legion
26-10-19 ES Legion 12:00 K-Järve JK Järve
02-11-19 ES Legion 12:00 Vaprus
10-11-19 ES Elva 12:00 Legion

  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

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