No home advantage expected for Meistriliiga battle between Kuressaare and Flora

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kuressaare linnastaadion (2000 seats)

A quick look at the Meistriliiga table suggests advantage Flora when they travel to Kuressaare. But; let's play before the points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Kuressaare have the fewest scored goals (15) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Meistriliiga

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa League.

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Kuressaare form and stats

Kuressaare's struggle is real here at Kuressaare linnastaadion with only 5 points collected from 10 Meistriliiga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-7.

Kuressaare lost their last game at Levadia (placed 1st) after a 0-3 scoreline.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Vaprus.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Kuressaare have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn three and lost 16 from 19 games. 14 defeats by at least two goals.

Kuressaare are traveling soon after this match as the Estonian Cup match at Tammeka awaits in four days.

The Kuressaare fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Kuressaare have conceded 23 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Flora form and stats

The away performances of Flora have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Meistriliiga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.

Flora have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matvei Igonen. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Meistriliiga.

Rauno Sappinen (2) scored in Flora's previous match, the home game against Omonia Nicosia (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) that ended 2-1.

Prior to that match, the Flora manager J. Henn faced defeat when travelling to Omonia Nicosia and losing 0-1.

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 Flora given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 26 matches with 24 wins as expected, one draw and one surprise home win. The favourites won 22 of these games by at least two goals.

The schedule is very tough for Flora now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Estonian Cup game at Flora U19 is waiting in only two days.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 24 goals in 9 league games away this season. Flora are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kuressaare and Flora have faced off before this season: Kuressaare - Flora 0-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Kuressaare victories, zero draws and ten Flora wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FloraR. Sappinen
R. Sappinen
12 goals
KuressaareM. Männilaan
M. Männilaan
5 goals
KuressaareM. Pajunurm
M. Pajunurm
4 goals

Kuressaare missing players

Flora missing players

Kuressaare Flora
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 2 Played P 3 9 16
3 1 0 Won W 2 7 12
2 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
13 7 1 Lost L 0 0 0
15 11 4 Scored S 10 24 40
36 23 5 Conceded C 3 7 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 81%
61% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 69%
28% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 38%
11% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 25%
50% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 38%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 56% 62%
44% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 12%
 
4.3 3.8 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 9.3 6.6 6.3
6 5.8 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 3.6 3.5
1.6 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 8.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.8 13
3.9 4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 5.7 6.3
21% 28% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 47% 40%
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • All of Kuressaare's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Flora have not yet lost a game.
  • Flora have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Flora have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Flora have scored more than double the goals of Kuressaare.
  • Flora have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the most clean sheets (10) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kuressaare have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Kuressaare have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kuressaare have the fewest points (5) at home in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare have the fewest scored goals (15) in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kuressaare is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 19 16 1 2 53 23 10 8 0 2 30 16 9 8 1 0 23 7 30 49
2 Flora 16 12 4 0 40 11 7 5 2 0 16 4 9 7 2 0 24 7 29 40
3 Paide 19 11 6 2 33 15 10 6 2 2 16 8 9 5 4 0 17 7 18 39
4 Nomme Kalju 19 10 2 7 37 20 8 3 1 4 13 8 11 7 1 3 24 12 17 32
5 Legion 19 8 3 8 32 23 8 4 1 3 16 10 11 4 2 5 16 13 9 27
6 Trans 18 6 2 10 23 35 10 3 2 5 13 16 8 3 0 5 10 19 -12 20
7 Tulevik 19 5 3 11 25 44 9 3 1 5 14 18 10 2 2 6 11 26 -19 18
8 Vaprus 19 3 3 13 17 52 9 2 1 6 8 26 10 1 2 7 9 26 -35 14
9 Tammeka 18 3 4 11 21 37 11 1 3 7 9 21 7 2 1 4 12 16 -16 13
10 Kuressaare 18 3 2 13 15 36 10 1 2 7 11 23 8 2 0 6 4 13 -21 11

Read more about Meistriliiga

The Estonian Meistriliiga is the highest level of football in Estonia. The season starts in March and ends in November, with ten teams playing each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures. After the final league table the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a relegation playoff.