It's early days in the Meistriliiga and both Flora and Tallinna Kalev are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Flora and Tallinna Kalev should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It should be mentioned that Tallinna Kalev play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Tallinna Kalev on grass are 8 victories, 8 draws and 18 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 50-74. You can compare this with overall results below.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Flora form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Flora's two home games in the Meistriliiga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at A. Le Coq Arena.
A strong away win for Flora against Trans the last match, as H. Järvelaid and R. Sappinen (2) were on target. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Tammeka that ended 0-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Flora as they are travelling to their away game against Paide in the Meistriliiga. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Flora's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Tallinna Kalev form and stats
Only one away game in the Meistriliiga so far for Tallinna Kalev and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 10 losses from 18 travels.
Tallinna play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Tammeka (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Trans.
A quick return to home after this game, as Tallinna are hosting Legion in the Meistriliiga only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Tallinna Kalev has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Flora nine wins, one draw and Tallinna Kalev zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Sappinen 3 goals |   H. Anier 2 goals | H. Järvelaid 1 goals |
Flora missing players
Tallinna Kalev missing players
| Flora | Tallinna Kalev | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 10.7 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 18 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 57% |
- Flora has the most points (4) at home
- Flora has the the best goal difference (+2) at home
- Tallinna Kalev has the most conceded goals (9)
| Flora | Last season | Tallinna Kalev | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 24 | ||
| 110 | 53 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 49 | 89 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 81% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 61% | ||
| 39% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 39% | ||
| 28% | 39% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 22% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 36% | ||
| 58% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 14% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 53% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.4 | 8.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 621 | 315 | Total Shots | T S | 125 | 289 | ||
| 279 | 147 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 122 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Flora | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Paide | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Nõmme Kalju | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Tammeka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Tallinna Kalev | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 4 |
| 7 | Tulevik | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Legion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Trans | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Kuressaare | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 110 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 10 | 89 | 90 |
| 2 | Levadia | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 98 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 66 | 78 |
| 3 | Nõmme Kalju | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 79 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 45 | 77 |
| 4 | Paide | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 78 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 48 | 74 |
| 5 | Tammeka | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 57 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 29 | -5 | 49 |
| 6 | Trans | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Tulevik | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 75 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 39 | -40 | 28 |
| 8 | Tallinna Kalev | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 89 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 49 | -60 | 24 |
| 9 | Kuressaare | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 87 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 63 | -63 | 23 |
| 10 | Maardu | 36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 30 | 118 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 60 | -88 | 17 |