Football betting preview: Vaprus vs Elva

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga
Competition: Thu 20.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pärnu Rannastaadion

Vaprus perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Elva can look both up and down from their 5th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Vaprus form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 8 Esiliiga games here at Pärnu Rannastaadion for Vaprus. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Vaprus haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Levadia II, 60 days ago.

Vaprus are returning here after visiting Vändra in a Esiliiga game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. K. Saarts scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Nõmme United.

There will be little rest for Vaprus after this match as they are travelling to Nõmme United for a Esiliiga game in only three days.

Vaprus are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Pärnu Rannastaadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 8 matches. Vaprus have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Elva form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Elva playing as the away team in the Esiliiga this season. Elva seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Elva lost away at Flora II (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Vändra.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Flora II was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

After this away game Elva return home for a Esiliiga game against Levadia II. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Elva have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. For Elva, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Elva - Vaprus 2-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Vaprus five wins, one draw and Elva three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VaprusK. Saarts
K. Saarts
20 goals
VaprusR. Tiismaa
R. Tiismaa
16 goals
ElvaM. Thomson
M. Thomson
10 goals

Vaprus missing players

Elva missing players

Vaprus Elva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
9 5 0 Won W 0 2 7
6 3 2 Drew D 2 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 6
39 21 2 Scored S 1 10 29
18 6 2 Conceded C 1 17 32
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 88% 94%
82% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 82%
71% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 65%
47% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 53%
29% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 41%
65% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 71%
35% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 18%
6% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 18%
 
5.2 6.9 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 8 6.9
4.8 3.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 4.9
1.8 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
218 122 28 Total Shots T S 26 97 219
114 73 14 Shots on Target S O 10 40 85
34% 29% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 25% 34%
Key stats in Esiliiga this season:
  • Elva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Vaprus has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
  • Vaprus have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Vaprus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Vaprus have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elva have scored away.
  • Vaprus have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vaprus is in the best form (4-2-0)

  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 17 12 1 4 35 21 9 8 1 0 23 5 8 4 0 4 12 16 14 37
2 Nõmme United 17 10 6 1 40 16 9 5 4 0 18 5 8 5 2 1 22 11 24 36
3 Vaprus 17 9 6 2 39 18 8 5 3 0 21 6 9 4 3 2 18 12 21 33
4 Flora II 17 7 4 6 29 18 8 4 1 3 17 8 9 3 3 3 12 10 11 25
5 Elva 17 7 4 6 29 32 9 5 1 3 19 15 8 2 3 3 10 17 -3 25
6 Levadia II 17 6 3 8 19 25 8 5 2 1 14 10 9 1 1 7 5 15 -6 21
7 Vändra 17 6 2 9 30 36 8 4 1 3 19 17 9 2 1 6 11 19 -6 20
8 Tammeka II 17 6 0 11 26 34 9 5 0 4 21 14 8 1 0 7 5 20 -8 18
9 Pärnu 17 5 3 9 23 39 9 4 2 3 13 12 8 1 1 6 10 27 -16 18
10 K-Järve JK Järve 17 1 3 13 8 39 8 1 1 6 4 17 9 0 2 7 4 22 -31 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.