National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Legion or Elva that keep their silverware dream alive.
Elva could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Esiliiga game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Flora II, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Elva.
Legion form and stats
Legion was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Estonian Cup.When playing at home in the Meistriliiga, Legion have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.
A good away victory last time out for Legion, who won 2-0 against Kuressaare.
Before that, Legion played out a Meistriliiga draw 2-2 when visiting Nomme Kalju.Legion have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kadrioru staadion with 24 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Legion have conceded 16 goals.
Elva form and stats
Elva's mission in Estonian Cup last season failed in the 64th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Elva so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose). Total Estonian Cup statistics for Elva: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
It's the second away game in a row for Elva, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Flora II in the Esiliiga last time out. V. Maidla came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Flora II last time out, making the manager V. Haan feel like a tactical genius.
It was a Esiliiga defeat before that one as the away game against Maardu wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Elva are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Elva struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings with these teams: Legion won four, Elva triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Šapovalov 11 goals |  K. Nesterov 8 goals | N. Andreev 7 goals |
Legion missing players
Elva missing players
| Legion | Elva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 70 | 44 | Scored | S | 12 | 55 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Levadia | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 46 | 67 |
| 2 | Flora | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 46 | 57 |
| 3 | Paide | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 25 | 53 |
| 4 | Nomme Kalju | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 5 | Legion | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Trans | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 34 | -19 | 29 |
| 7 | Tulevik | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 34 | -20 | 28 |
| 8 | Kuressaare | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 27 |
| 9 | Tammeka | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -31 | 19 |
| 10 | Vaprus | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 41 | -60 | 15 |
| 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 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 58 | 60 |
| 2 | Tallinna Kalev | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 39 | 59 |
| 3 | Paide U21 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 74 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 32 | 48 |
| 4 | Flora II | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -8 | 39 |
| 5 | Nomme United | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 62 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 36 |
| 6 | Levadia II | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 29 | -18 | 29 |
| 7 | Elva | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -12 | 28 |
| 8 | Parnu | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 33 | -24 | 24 |
| 9 | Tammeka II | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 37 | -36 | 20 |
| 10 | Tartu Welco | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 47 | -48 | 16 |