Can Levadia beat Nõmme Kalju in A. Le Coq Arena clash?

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sun 18.July
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: A. Le Coq Arena (15000 seats)

14 points separate the two duelists in this Meistriliiga match. Levadia hold both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Levadia have the most scored goals (42) in Meistriliiga
  • Nõmme Kalju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

It should be mentioned that Nõmme Kalju play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Nõmme Kalju on grass are 22 victories, 12 draws and 6 defeats from 40 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 77-29. You can compare this with overall results below.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Levadia form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 8 Meistriliiga games here at A. Le Coq Arena for Levadia. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Levadia has won four games in a row. The Flora match was the last time out without a victory.

A nice win for Levadia last time playing, versus Tammeka. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with B. Lepistu and R. Kirss scoring for the victors.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Kuressaare.

Levadia are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at A. Le Coq Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Levadia defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

Nõmme Kalju have an excellent away record in the Meistriliiga so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.

K. Usta, A. Tamm, P. Marin and V. Khomutov (2) scored in Nõmme Kalju's previous match, the home game against Tulevik that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Nõmme was the only team on the pitch versus Tulevik in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Prior to that match, the Nõmme manager S. Frantsev faced defeat when travelling to Flora and losing 0-1.

The Nõmme manager S. Frantsev has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 9 league matches. Nõmme Kalju are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Levadia and Nõmme Kalju have met before this season: Nõmme Kalju - Levadia 0-1. Levadia-Nõmme Kalju H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Levadia three wins, Nõmme Kalju four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LevadiaZ. Beglarishvili
Z. Beglarishvili
14 goals
LevadiaR. Kirss
R. Kirss
7 goals
Nõmme KaljuA. Tamm
A. Tamm
6 goals

Levadia missing players

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Levadia Nõmme Kalju
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 9 16
13 6 2 Won W 0 6 8
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 2 0 Lost L 2 2 6
42 23 7 Scored S 1 20 30
21 15 5 Conceded C 3 8 15
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 62%
88% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 50%
62% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 31%
44% 62% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 19%
56% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 50%
38% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 11% 31%
 
7.1 5.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.9 6
2.5 2.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.7 4.6
2.8 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 10.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 13.2 13
5.8 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 6.1 5.8
46% 59% 78% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 36% 33%
Key stats in Meistriliiga 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 the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Meistriliiga
  • Levadia have the most points (18) at home in Meistriliiga
  • Levadia have the most scored goals (23) at home in Meistriliiga
  • Levadia have the most scored goals (42) in Meistriliiga
  • Levadia have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Meistriliiga
  • Levadia have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Meistriliiga
  • Levadia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Levadia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Levadia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Nõmme Kalju have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nõmme Kalju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Nõmme Kalju haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 16 13 1 2 42 21 8 6 0 2 23 15 8 7 1 0 19 6 21 40
2 Flora 14 11 3 0 36 11 7 5 2 0 16 4 7 6 1 0 20 7 25 36
3 Paide 16 10 4 2 29 13 7 5 0 2 12 6 9 5 4 0 17 7 16 34
4 Nõmme Kalju 16 8 2 6 30 15 7 2 1 4 10 7 9 6 1 2 20 8 15 26
5 Legion 16 7 2 7 28 18 7 3 1 3 14 9 9 4 1 4 14 9 10 23
6 Trans 15 5 2 8 19 28 9 3 2 4 12 12 6 2 0 4 7 16 -9 17
7 Tulevik 16 4 3 9 19 37 7 2 1 4 9 14 9 2 2 5 10 23 -18 15
8 Vaprus 16 2 3 11 14 45 7 1 1 5 6 21 9 1 2 6 8 24 -31 11
9 Kuressaare 15 3 1 11 13 30 9 1 1 7 10 22 6 2 0 4 3 8 -17 10
10 Tammeka 14 2 3 9 14 26 9 0 3 6 6 16 5 2 0 3 8 10 -12 9

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.