Meistriliiga preview: Can Levadia edge out victory against Nõmme Kalju?

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Date: Tue 21.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)

2nd position in the Meistriliiga table for Levadia so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Nõmme Kalju visits.

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.

Nõmme Kalju play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Nõmme Kalju when playing on grass are 16 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored 64 goals and conceded 21 times in these games. This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Levadia form and stats

Levadia, who have the most scored goals (37) in Meistriliiga, have played 5 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Levadia in their previous game, a Meistriliiga match away at Tulevik that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that, Levadia had a home game versus Tammeka which ended with a victory 7-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Levadia handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D1-L0.

It's goals goals goals for Levadia who have scored 26 goals in 5 home games. Levadia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Nõmme Kalju hope to make it five in this match.

The supporters enjoyed Nõmme Kalju's previous game versus Kuressaare, a Meistriliiga 3-2 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Tallinna Kalev.

We have checked recent matches where Nõmme Kalju have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were W0-D1-L0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nõmme Kalju manager R. Kozhukhovskyi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Trans.

Nõmme Kalju are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Nõmme Kalju are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nõmme Kalju - Levadia 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 3 - 6 (Levadia wins - draws - Nõmme Kalju wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Budnik
10 goals
M. Roosnupp
8 goals
N. Andreev
5 goals

Levadia missing players

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Levadia Nõmme Kalju
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
11 5 0 Played 0 5 11
9 4 0 Won 0 3 6
0 0 0 Drew 0 2 3
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 2
37 26 0 Scored 0 9 18
9 5 0 Conceded 0 2 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 60% 82%
91% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 40% 73%
82% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 40% 55%
36% 80% 0% Over 3.5 0% 40% 36%
36% 80% 0% Over 4.5 0% 40% 27%
55% 60% 0% BTTS 0% 20% 36%
45% 40% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 80% 45%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 40% 36%
 
7.5 7.2 0 Corners For (avg) 0 10.2 8.7
3.1 2.6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1.2 2.3
2.5 1.4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Levadia's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Levadia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Levadia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Levadia have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Levadia have scored more than double the goals of Nõmme Kalju.
  • Levadia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Levadia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nõmme Kalju have not yet lost a game away.
  • Nõmme Kalju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Nõmme Kalju have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Levadia
28-04-19 ME Levadia 1 - 2 Flora
05-05-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 2 - 1 Levadia
08-05-19 EC Nõmme Kalju 2 - 2 Levadia
11-05-19 ME Levadia 7 - 0 Tammeka
17-05-19 ME Tulevik 0 - 3 Levadia
21-05-19 ME Levadia 16:30 Nõmme Kalju
29-05-19 ME Flora 16:30 Levadia
02-06-19 ME Levadia 16:00 Paide
14-06-19 ME Tallinna Kalev 16:00 Levadia
19-06-19 ME Levadia 16:30 Trans
Nõmme Kalju
27-04-19 ME Kuressaare 0 - 0 Nõmme Kalju
05-05-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 2 - 1 Levadia
08-05-19 EC Nõmme Kalju 2 - 2 Levadia
12-05-19 ME Tallinna Kalev 0 - 1 Nõmme Kalju
17-05-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 3 - 2 Kuressaare
21-05-19 ME Levadia 16:30 Nõmme Kalju
25-05-19 EC Trans 13:00 Nõmme Kalju
28-05-19 ME Paide 16:30 Nõmme Kalju
01-06-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 13:00 Maardu
15-06-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 13:00 Trans

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Flora 11 10 1 0 35 5 6 5 1 0 25 3 5 5 0 0 10 2 30 31
2 Levadia 11 9 0 2 37 9 5 4 0 1 26 5 6 5 0 1 11 4 28 27
3 Paide 11 7 2 2 15 6 6 3 1 2 6 4 5 4 1 0 9 2 9 23
4 Nõmme Kalju 11 6 3 2 18 12 6 3 1 2 9 10 5 3 2 0 9 2 6 21
5 Trans 11 3 4 4 10 8 6 0 2 4 1 5 5 3 2 0 9 3 2 13
6 Kuressaare 11 3 3 5 8 13 5 2 1 2 3 2 6 1 2 3 5 11 -5 12
7 Tammeka 11 2 2 7 15 25 5 0 2 3 5 10 6 2 0 4 10 15 -10 8
8 Tulevik 11 2 2 7 11 24 6 0 1 5 6 17 5 2 1 2 5 7 -13 8
9 Maardu 11 1 3 7 3 27 5 1 2 2 1 6 6 0 1 5 2 21 -24 6
10 Tallinna Kalev 11 1 2 8 5 28 5 1 0 4 2 11 6 0 2 4 3 17 -23 5