Maardu vs Nõmme Kalju: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Date: Tue 01.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Maardu linnastaadion (1500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Maardu linnastaadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Maardu languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Nõmme Kalju will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Nõmme Kalju have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 16-11-3 (win-draw-loss) from 30 matches.

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Maardu form and stats

Maardu's struggle is real here at Maardu linnastaadion with only 12 points collected from 14 Meistriliiga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-8. It's trouble wherever Maardu are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Maardu, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

In their previous game, the manager A. Borissov led his Maardu to a defeat in the Meistriliiga match away at Nõmme Kalju. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Maardu linnastaadion. Prior to that, an away loss at Kuressaare.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tallinna Kalev are coming to town in four days.

Maardu has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Maardu having conceded 36 goals here at Maardu linnastaadion so far.

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

Nõmme Kalju's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Nõmme Kalju, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Meistriliiga, collect 30 points from their 14 away matches in the Meistriliiga. 8 victories and 6 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Nõmme Kalju as they haven't lost any of their last 26 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Maardu game have they lost an away game, meaning Nõmme Kalju has taken points from 14 away matches in a row.

Nõmme Kalju are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Meistriliiga against Maardu (placed 10th). Prior to that result Nõmme Kalju won their away game at Tallinna Kalev. The scoreline was 3-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Nõmme Kalju's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 league matches away. Nõmme Kalju are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 7 goals away.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Nõmme Kalju - Maardu 4-0. Maardu-Nõmme Kalju H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Maardu 0 wins, Nõmme Kalju 3 wins, 0 draws. 3 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

M. Mata
8 goals / 1 assists
I. Subbotin
7 goals / 1 assists
R. Kirss
6 goals

Maardu missing players

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Maardu Nõmme Kalju
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 5 14 30
4 3 1 Won W 4 8 18
4 3 0 Drew D 1 6 10
22 8 3 Lost L 0 0 2
23 15 3 Scored S 10 22 66
89 36 6 Conceded C 4 7 28
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 71% 87%
77% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 57% 80%
63% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 36% 60%
53% 50% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 21% 40%
37% 36% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 21% 27%
40% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 36% 50%
10% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 64% 43%
57% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 20%
 
4.5 5.4 4 Corners For (avg) C F 8.4 7.2 7.5
7.4 6.9 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.2 3.8 3.7
2 2.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 2.1
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Maardu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Maardu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nõmme Kalju have not yet lost a game away.
  • Nõmme Kalju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Nõmme Kalju have scored more than double the goals of Maardu.

Maardu
All Esiliiga Meistriliiga Estonian Cup
All Home Away
01-09-19 ME Levadia 3 - 1 Maardu
15-09-19 ME Maardu 0 - 1 Tammeka
18-09-19 ME Maardu 2 - 4 Paide
22-09-19 ME Kuressaare 1 - 0 Maardu
28-09-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 4 - 0 Maardu
01-10-19 ME Maardu 16:00 Nõmme Kalju
05-10-19 ME Maardu 10:00 Tallinna Kalev
19-10-19 ME Trans 13:00 Maardu
23-10-19 EC Maardu 16:00 Flora
26-10-19 ME Maardu 13:00 Levadia
Nõmme Kalju
All Champions League Meistriliiga Europa League Estonian Cup Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-09-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 2 - 2 Trans
17-09-19 ME Tulevik 0 - 3 Nõmme Kalju
21-09-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 6 - 0 Tallinna Kalev
24-09-19 ME Tallinna Kalev 2 - 3 Nõmme Kalju
28-09-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 4 - 0 Maardu
01-10-19 ME Maardu 16:00 Nõmme Kalju
06-10-19 ME Paide 10:00 Nõmme Kalju
12-10-19 EC Paide III 10:00 Nõmme Kalju
20-10-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 12:00 Flora
27-10-19 ME Kuressaare 11:00 Nõmme Kalju

  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 31 25 3 3 88 19 15 10 2 3 44 11 16 15 1 0 44 8 69 78
2 Levadia 31 22 4 5 89 25 15 10 3 2 50 12 16 12 1 3 39 13 64 70
3 Paide 31 21 5 5 71 23 15 10 2 3 38 8 16 11 3 2 33 15 48 68
4 Nõmme Kalju 30 18 10 2 66 28 16 10 4 2 44 21 14 8 6 0 22 7 38 64
5 Tammeka 31 11 6 14 47 53 16 4 5 7 24 28 15 7 1 7 23 25 -6 39
6 Trans 31 9 9 13 47 46 16 4 4 8 22 25 15 5 5 5 25 21 1 36
7 Tulevik 31 5 7 19 29 64 16 2 3 11 15 33 15 3 4 8 14 31 -35 22
8 Kuressaare 31 5 5 21 19 73 15 4 3 8 7 19 16 1 2 13 12 54 -54 20
9 Tallinna Kalev 31 5 5 21 22 81 16 3 0 13 11 38 15 2 5 8 11 43 -59 20
10 Maardu 30 4 4 22 23 89 14 3 3 8 15 36 16 1 1 14 8 53 -66 16

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