It's game two of the Meistriliiga season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Kuressaare-Nõmme Kalju!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Nõmme Kalju have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 20-12-3 (win-draw-loss) from 35 matches.
Kuressaare form and stats
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 373 minutes without scoring a league goal. I. Dudarev (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Kuressaare in their previous match, an away game at Levadia that ended in defeat 0-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-7 away at Flora.
There will be little rest for Kuressaare after this match as they are travelling to Paide for a Meistriliiga game in only four days.
Last season, Kuressaare's league statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 25 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Esiliiga. Over these 36 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 87. Playing at home last season Kuressaare managed 5-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 24 conceded.
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
Only one away game in the Meistriliiga so far for Nõmme Kalju and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 11 victories, 7 draws and 0 losses from 18 travels.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Estonian Cup home defeat versus Trans with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Trans.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Legion in just four days.
1 goal so far away for Nõmme Kalju, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Nõmme Kalju performed last season in the Meistriliiga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 11 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 79 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 7 and lost 0 with 31/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Kuressaare victories, one draw and nine Nõmme Kalju wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
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Kuressaare missing players
Nõmme Kalju missing players
| Kuressaare | Nõmme Kalju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Kuressaare | Last season | Nõmme Kalju | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 11 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 31 | 79 | ||
| 87 | 24 | Conceded | C | 9 | 34 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 89% | ||
| 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 81% | ||
| 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 61% | ||
| 31% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 39% | ||
| 25% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 33% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 53% | ||
| 17% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 61% | 42% | ||
| 56% | 61% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 17% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 7.1 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 277 | 139 | Total Shots | T S | 237 | 545 | ||
| 99 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 100 | 228 | ||
| 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Paide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Levadia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nõmme Kalju | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tammeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kuressaare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Trans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Tulevik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Legion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Tallinna Kalev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 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 |