Legion vs Flora: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sat 02.July
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: EJL TNTK Staadion (500 seats)

Legion have struggled for points this season. Can the team get some when Flora visit EJL TNTK Staadion?

Insights:
  • Legion have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the most scored goals (48) in Meistriliiga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Legion and Flora.

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Legion form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Meistriliiga this season. Legion have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at EJL TNTK Staadion. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Legion, their manager Belov and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Legion crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Paide here at EJL TNTK Staadion.

Before that match, a win away at Tammeka.

Both teams to score: YES! That has been the case in 5 league games in a row for this team. Could it happen again?

Legion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Legion defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Legion hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Vaprus, Tallinna Kalev and Trans), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Flora form and stats

The away performances of Flora have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Meistriliiga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.

Flora won their last game, 6-1 versus Vaprus played at home. As mentioned above, Flora was the only team on the pitch versus Vaprus in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Nomme Kalju.

Flora are a potent attacking force on the road with their 21 goals in 8 league games. Flora are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Flora - Legion 2-0 entered in the official records. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's zero Legion victories, zero draws and eight Flora wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FloraS. Zenjov
S. Zenjov
8 goals
LegionN. Ivanov
N. Ivanov
7 goals
FloraM. Miller
M. Miller
7 goals

Legion missing players

Flora missing players

Legion Flora
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 3 8 17
3 2 0 Won W 3 7 15
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 2 Lost L 0 0 0
19 12 3 Scored S 9 21 48
32 15 7 Conceded C 2 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
53% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 59%
35% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 35%
18% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 24%
53% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 41%
12% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 59%
35% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.3 4.7 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.7 8.2 6.8
6.2 5.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.2 3.5
2.4 3.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 9 5 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 14 15.4
3.9 4.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 6.5 7.4
29% 32% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 38%
 
14.4 12.3 16 Shots against (avg) S A 5 6.4 6.4
6.9 6.2 8.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.9 2.8
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • All of Flora's away-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 in all their away matches so far.
  • Flora have scored more than double the goals of Legion.
  • Flora have the most scored goals (21) away in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the most scored goals (48) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the the best goal difference (+39) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Flora have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Flora haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legion have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Meistriliiga
  • Legion 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 Flora 17 15 2 0 48 9 9 8 1 0 27 4 8 7 1 0 21 5 39 47
2 Levadia 18 14 3 1 42 8 9 7 2 0 25 4 9 7 1 1 17 4 34 45
3 Nomme Kalju 17 11 3 3 31 14 9 7 0 2 17 5 8 4 3 1 14 9 17 36
4 Paide 18 10 2 6 43 19 9 5 1 3 29 11 9 5 1 3 14 8 24 32
5 Kuressaare 18 7 4 7 21 24 9 5 2 2 13 10 9 2 2 5 8 14 -3 25
6 Tammeka 18 5 2 11 17 36 9 3 1 5 9 17 9 2 1 6 8 19 -19 17
7 Trans 16 4 1 11 16 28 8 2 1 5 10 11 8 2 0 6 6 17 -12 13
8 Tallinna Kalev 18 3 3 12 15 49 8 2 1 5 6 16 10 1 2 7 9 33 -34 12
9 Legion 17 3 5 9 19 32 9 2 3 4 12 15 8 1 2 5 7 17 -13 10
10 Vaprus 17 2 1 14 17 50 8 2 1 5 9 19 9 0 0 9 8 31 -33 7

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.