National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nõmme Kalju or Tabasalu that keep their silverware dream alive.
It should be mentioned that Tabasalu play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Tabasalu on artifical turf are 7 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 31-31. You can compare this with overall results below.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nõmme and Tabasalu.
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
Last season their Estonian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Nõmme Kalju have played 1 Meistriliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Nõmme Kalju in their previous game, a fixture away at Paide that ended with a 3-2 victory.
Ahead of that match, Nõmme won a home game hosting Kuressaare (2-0).It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Nõmme Kalju have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 18 games found in the database showing twelve Nõmme Kalju wins, two draws and four defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Nõmme Kalju as they have a new game in only three days, a Meistriliiga match thankfully also at home. Vaprus are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Nõmme Kalju at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Tabasalu form and stats
Tabasalu was sent out of Estonian Cup in the 8th finals last season.Tabasalu delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Raplamaa in their previous game.
Nobody expects Tabasalu to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 27 times before, with the overall statistics of won 15, draw three and lost nine. When defeated, nine matches have been lost by two or more goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tabasalu manager Sarapik as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nomme Kalju II.
Head 2 Head
Nõmme Kalju missing players
Tabasalu missing players
| Nõmme Kalju | Tabasalu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 31 | 54 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.2 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 10.5 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 2 | Flora | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Nõmme Kalju | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Trans | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Paide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Legion | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 7 | Tammeka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 8 | Kuressaare | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 9 | Tallinna Kalev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 0 |
| 10 | Vaprus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | 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 | Tallinna Kalev II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Laanemaa Haapsalu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Tartu Welco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tammeka II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | FC Tallinn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Tabasalu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Raplamaa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Tartu Kalev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | TJK Legion II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Nomme Kalju II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
