Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nõmme United & Paide face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Estonian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 United and Paide.
Nõmme United form and stats
Last season, Nõmme's Estonian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the Esiliiga for Nõmme United at their home stadium (Sportland Arena) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Nõmme United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Levadia II.
Before that, Nõmme United had a Esiliiga home game versus Elva which ended with a victory 2-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nõmme as they are travelling to their away game against Harju Jalgpallikool in the Esiliiga. That match is three days after this one.
Nõmme United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportland Arena with 33 goals in 17 league matches. Nõmme's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paide form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Paide, as they won the Estonian Cup.8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Paide playing as the away team in the Meistriliiga this season.
Paide have lots to to set right after their unpredictable defeat (1-2) to Tallinna Kalev in their previous game, played at their own home ground. Late heartbreak for Paide in the Tallinna Kalev match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Kuressaare.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Paide given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 12 matches with 11 wins as expected, 1 draw and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 8 of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Meistriliiga trip to Levadia.
17 goals have been conceded by Paide in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Õunapuu 30 goals |  R. Saarma 15 goals |  K. Saag 10 goals |
Nõmme United missing players
Paide missing players
| Nõmme United | Paide | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 30 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 9.5 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Harju Jalgpallikool | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 78 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 64 |
| 2 | Flora II | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 82 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 39 | 60 |
| 3 | Levadia II | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 73 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 32 | 59 |
| 4 | Elva | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 59 |
| 5 | Viimsi | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 59 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 51 |
| 6 | Nõmme United | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 67 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 51 |
| 7 | Paide U21 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 73 | 73 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 41 | 0 | 51 |
| 8 | K-Jarve JK Jarve | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 93 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 55 | -69 | 24 |
| 9 | Parnu | 32 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 37 | -33 | 20 |
| 10 | Tulevik | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 92 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 51 | -67 | 20 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flora | 32 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 88 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 11 | 70 | 87 |
| 2 | Levadia | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 50 | 75 |
| 3 | Paide | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 46 | 58 |
| 4 | Nõmme Kalju | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 58 |
| 5 | Kuressaare | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -2 | 45 |
| 6 | Trans | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -13 | 35 |
| 7 | Tammeka | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -22 | 31 |
| 8 | Tallinna Kalev | 32 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 87 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 50 | -49 | 30 |
| 9 | Legion | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 77 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 45 | -46 | 18 |
| 10 | Vaprus | 32 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 89 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 47 | -60 | 11 |
