Can Rakvere Tarvas surprise Vaprus in their own stadium?

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Competition: Estonia Esiliiga
Date: Thu 01.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pärnu Rannastaadion (1900 seats)

The league table in Esiliiga tells a story about these teams so far, with Vaprus leading Rakvere Tarvas by 13 points. Match preview to follow:

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.

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Vaprus form and stats

Vaprus have been outstanding at home so far with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. There’s a good atmosphere here at Pärnu Rannastaadion after three straight home wins.

The Vaprus supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Rakvere Tarvas in Esiliiga and win 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Elva.

Vaprus are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Pärnu Rannastaadion with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 27 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Vaprus has won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 19. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Vaprus has won by at least two goals 2 times when in this position.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Vaprus is on fire here. A stunning 22 from 7 matches. Vaprus are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pärnu Rannastaadion, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Rakvere Tarvas form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rakvere Tarvas, who have the most conceded goals (25) away in Esiliiga, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Rakvere Tarvas are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Rakvere Tarvas play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Vaprus. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against K-Järve JK Järve.

Nobody expects Rakvere Tarvas to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 31 times before, with the overall statistics of won 10, draw 4 and lost 17. When defeated, 13 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

Rakvere Tarvas are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games. Rakvere Tarvas can't defend away. 25 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

R. Tiismaa
15 goals
K. Saarts
9 goals
J. Ljaš
9 goals

Vaprus missing players

Rakvere Tarvas missing players

Vaprus Rakvere Tarvas
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played 3 11 22
13 9 3 Won 0 1 5
3 1 0 Drew 0 2 3
6 1 0 Lost 3 8 14
44 30 11 Scored 0 10 23
23 8 2 Conceded 19 40 58
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 73% 100% Over 1.5 100% 91% 86%
59% 73% 100% Over 2.5 67% 55% 59%
32% 45% 67% Over 3.5 67% 55% 41%
27% 36% 33% Over 4.5 67% 55% 32%
50% 55% 67% BTTS 0% 27% 36%
36% 45% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 9%
23% 9% 0% Failed To Score 100% 73% 55%
 
5.3 6.4 4.7 Corners For (avg) 2.7 3.3 3.5
5.2 4.1 3.3 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 6 6.4
2.1 2.1 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.3 1.9
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Rakvere Tarvas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rakvere Tarvas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Rakvere Tarvas haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vaprus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vaprus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vaprus have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rakvere Tarvas have scored away.
  • Vaprus have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Vaprus
All Esiliiga Meistriliiga Estonian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
01-07-19 ES Tammeka II 1 - 0 Vaprus
04-07-19 ES Tartu Welco 1 - 2 Vaprus
18-07-19 ES Vaprus 5 - 2 K-Järve JK Järve
27-07-19 ES Elva 2 - 0 Vaprus
01-08-19 ES Vaprus 1 - 0 Rakvere Tarvas
06-08-19 EC Vaprus 16:00 Tallinna III
10-08-19 ES Levadia II 16:00 Vaprus
17-08-19 ES Vaprus 16:00 Tallinna Kalev II
23-08-19 ES Flora II 15:30 Vaprus
29-08-19 ES Vaprus 17:00 Legion
Rakvere Tarvas
All Esiliiga Meistriliiga Estonian Cup
All Home Away
06-07-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 1 - 2 Tallinna Kalev II
13-07-19 EC Rakvere Tarvas 0 - 3 K-Järve JK Järve
20-07-19 ES Flora II 2 - 0 Rakvere Tarvas
25-07-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 2 - 2 K-Järve JK Järve
01-08-19 ES Vaprus 1 - 0 Rakvere Tarvas
08-08-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 16:00 Tartu Welco
15-08-19 ES Tammeka II 16:00 Rakvere Tarvas
23-08-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 15:30 Elva
29-08-19 ES Rakvere Tarvas 16:30 Levadia II
01-09-19 ES Legion 11:00 Rakvere Tarvas

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D 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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