Struggling Legion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Paide in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Legion and Paide 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.
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 6 losses from their games here at Kadrioru staadion. Two home wins in a row for Legion bring valid hopes of a third.
The home team returns to Kadrioru staadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Nomme Kalju (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Meistriliiga game ended 1-1.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Legion had similar winning odds as today, and found one game. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost one. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Legion lost one similar game by at least two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Legion here at Kadrioru staadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Legion defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Paide form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 3 losses in the Meistriliiga. Paide have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of nine victories in a row regardless of arena. Paide has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Flora.
Paide had fun at their own home (Kadrioru staadion) last time out, beating Levadia 1-0. D. Owusu scored.
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 Paide given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed nine matches with nine wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won eight of these games by at least two goals.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 27 goals in 10 league games away this season. 11 goals have been conceded by Paide in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Legion - Paide 0-3 played earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Legion won zero, Paide won three and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Lubega 11 goals |  S. Luts 8 goals |  N. Andreev 6 goals |
Legion missing players
Paide missing players
| Legion | Paide | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | 55 |
| 38 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 86% |
| 43% | 45% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 73% |
| 30% | 27% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 4% | 9% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 23% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 41% |
| 57% | 64% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 213 | 95 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 57 | 155 | 337 |
| 68 | 30 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 72 | 147 |
| 25% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | 37% |
- Legion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paide have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Paide have scored more than double the goals of Legion.
- Paide 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 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 41 | 58 |
| 2 | Paide | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 31 | 48 |
| 3 | Nomme Kalju | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 31 | 47 |
| 4 | Levadia | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 44 |
| 5 | Tulevik | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 29 |
| 6 | Tammeka | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -12 | 25 |
| 7 | Trans | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 21 |
| 8 | Legion | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -20 | 21 |
| 9 | Kuressaare | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -23 | 19 |
| 10 | Tallinna Kalev | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -48 | 12 |