National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tabasalu or Nõmme Kalju that keep their silverware dream alive.
Tabasalu's stadium, Tabasalu Staadion, has a grass surface. Nõmme Kalju have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Nõmme Kalju when playing on grass; 8 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses from 26 matches. They have scored {36 goals} in these games and conceded 33.
It's no vacation for neither Tabasalu nor Nõmme Kalju as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Tabasalu form and stats
Last season, Tabasalu's Estonian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tabasalu Staadion as Tabasalu have scored 61 goals to get 39 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Esiliiga B are 12-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Tabasalu enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tartu Kalev's place. The match ended 1-0.
In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Tallinna Kalev II.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Esiliiga B game versus Raplamaa in only three days. This game is also played here at Tabasalu Staadion.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Tabasalu is on fire here. A stunning 61 from 16 league matches. Tabasalu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tabasalu Staadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
Nõmme Kalju's mission in Estonian Cup last season failed in the final.As the visiting team in Meistriliiga matches, Nõmme Kalju have produced an overall stat of 6-5-4 so far.
Nõmme Kalju go into this game after a win, the home game against Flora that ended 1-0.
Prior to that match, the Nõmme Kalju manager Koppel faced defeat when travelling to Tammeka and losing 0-3.As mentioned earlier, Nõmme will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 5 wins (5 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 0 surprising defeats.
Nõmme Kalju have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Meistriliiga fixture against Trans. A rough diary for the visiting team!
Nõmme have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Nõmme Kalju have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
One of the players to grab the headlines has been Paur with 2 goals scored against Tabasalu in these 1 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Tamm 12 goals |  K. Paur 8 goals | A. Volkov 8 goals |
Tabasalu missing players
Nõmme Kalju missing players
| Tabasalu | Nõmme Kalju | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 108 | 75 | Scored | S | 35 | 58 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 9 | 10.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | ||
| 10.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Tallinn | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 106 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 15 | 71 | 73 |
| 2 | Tabasalu | 32 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 101 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 60 | 70 |
| 3 | Tallinna Kalev II | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 69 | 45 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 58 |
| 4 | Tammeka II | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 65 | 52 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 53 |
| 5 | Tartu Welco | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 51 |
| 6 | TJK Legion II | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 55 | 77 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 38 | -22 | 40 |
| 7 | Tartu Kalev | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 51 | 72 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 46 | -21 | 35 |
| 8 | Laanemaa Haapsalu | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 73 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 44 | -32 | 33 |
| 9 | Nomme Kalju II | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 49 | 90 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 53 | -41 | 32 |
| 10 | Raplamaa | 32 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 32 | 97 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 47 | -65 | 9 |
| 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 |
