Soccer betting preview: Kuressaare welcomes Tammeka in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kuressaare linnastaadion (2000 seats)

Meistriliiga: Important and interesting fight between Kuressaare and Tammeka at Kuressaare linnastaadion. Both are in need of a good run!

Insights:
  • Kuressaare have the fewest scored goals (16) in Meistriliiga
  • Tammeka have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Meistriliiga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Kuressaare form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Meistriliiga this season. Kuressaare have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Kuressaare linnastaadion.

Kuressaare are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Tammeka.

Before that, Kuressaare had a Meistriliiga home game versus Flora which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kuressaare have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.

The Kuressaare fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Kuressaare have conceded 23 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Tammeka form and stats

There's been little loot from Tammeka's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Meistriliiga. Tammeka only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Three has not been a lucky number for Tammeka as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Paide match.

The attacking players of Tammeka have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 186 minutes.

Tammeka won their last game, 3-1 versus Kuressaare played at home.

Prior to that match, the Tammeka manager K. Koppel faced defeat when travelling to Levadia and losing 0-4.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Tammeka in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Tammeka, zero draws and two defeats.

Tammeka has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. Tammeka are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 12 goals in these matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tammeka - Kuressaare 0-1 was the product when this pair of participants previously did battle, some time ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Kuressaare victories, two draws and six Tammeka wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KuressaareM. Pajunurm
M. Pajunurm
5 goals
KuressaareM. Männilaan
M. Männilaan
5 goals
TammekaI. Dudarev
I. Dudarev
5 goals

Kuressaare missing players

Tammeka missing players

Kuressaare Tammeka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 11 2 Played P 2 8 19
4 2 1 Won W 1 2 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
13 7 1 Lost L 1 5 12
16 12 4 Scored S 5 12 21
36 23 4 Conceded C 6 20 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
58% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 68%
26% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 37%
11% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 16%
47% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 63%
11% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
42% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 37%
 
4.2 3.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 4.8 4.5
6.2 6.1 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 6.1 6.5
1.7 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.7 8.3 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7 8.5
3.8 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 3.6 3.6
22% 29% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 30%
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • All of Tammeka's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kuressaare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kuressaare have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kuressaare have the fewest scored goals (16) in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tammeka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Tammeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tammeka have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Meistriliiga
  • Tammeka have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Meistriliiga
  • Tammeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 17 1 2 57 23 11 9 0 2 34 16 9 8 1 0 23 7 34 52
2 Flora 17 12 4 1 40 12 7 5 2 0 16 4 10 7 2 1 24 8 28 40
3 Paide 20 11 7 2 34 16 10 6 2 2 16 8 10 5 5 0 18 8 18 40
4 Nõmme Kalju 20 11 2 7 40 21 9 4 1 4 16 9 11 7 1 3 24 12 19 35
5 Legion 20 8 4 8 32 23 9 4 2 3 16 10 11 4 2 5 16 13 9 28
6 Trans 19 6 3 10 23 35 10 3 2 5 13 16 9 3 1 5 10 19 -12 21
7 Tulevik 20 5 3 12 26 47 9 3 1 5 14 18 11 2 2 7 12 29 -21 18
8 Vaprus 20 3 4 13 18 53 10 2 2 6 9 27 10 1 2 7 9 26 -35 15
9 Kuressaare 19 4 2 13 16 36 11 2 2 7 12 23 8 2 0 6 4 13 -20 14
10 Tammeka 19 3 4 12 21 41 11 1 3 7 9 21 8 2 1 5 12 20 -20 13

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.