Meistriliiga match preview and statistics: Nõmme Kalju fight Flora

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Wed 05.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportland Arena (500 seats)

Flora have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Nõmme Kalju. Prepare for the match with this Meistriliiga preview!

Insights:
  • Nõmme Kalju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Meistriliiga
  • Flora have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Meistriliiga

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Meistriliiga match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Tulevik, so at least Nõmme Kalju are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Nõmme's stadium, Sportland Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Flora have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Flora when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from seven matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 6.

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

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

Nõmme Kalju have collected 3 points from their Meistriliiga home games so far after 1-0-3.

It's back home for Nõmme, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tulevik away with the result 3-1. A. Tamm, P. Marin and V. Khomutov found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Nõmme Kalju won a home game hosting Tammeka (4-1).

Nõmme are traveling soon after this match as the Meistriliiga match at Trans awaits in three days.

The Nõmme fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Nõmme Kalju have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Flora form and stats

Flora are happy with their away performances in the Meistriliiga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Flora goalkeeper Matvei Igonen is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Flora play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Kuressaare (placed 10th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Levadia.

As you can tell from the results above, Flora was very dominant against Kuressaare, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with M. Seppik, K. Vassiljev, S. Zenjov and R. Sappinen providing the goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Legion in just three days.

The Flora manager J. Henn has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 9 goals in 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Flora have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Nõmme Kalju victories, four draws and four Flora wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FloraR. Sappinen
R. Sappinen
6 goals
Nõmme KaljuA. Tamm
A. Tamm
3 goals
Nõmme KaljuV. Avilov
V. Avilov
2 goals

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Flora missing players

Nõmme Kalju Flora
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 3 5
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 3 1 Lost L 0 0 0
11 4 0 Scored S 0 9 14
7 4 1 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
50% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 60%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 40%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 40%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 60%
38% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 12.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15.3 13.6
5.2 5.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7.7 6.8
26% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 39% 41%
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • All of Flora's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Flora have not yet lost a game.
  • 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 the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Meistriliiga
  • Nõmme Kalju have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nõmme Kalju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Meistriliiga
  • Nõmme Kalju 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 Paide 8 7 1 0 18 4 4 4 0 0 9 2 4 3 1 0 9 2 14 22
2 Levadia 7 5 1 1 17 9 4 3 0 1 12 9 3 2 1 0 5 0 8 16
3 Nõmme Kalju 8 4 0 4 11 7 4 1 0 3 4 4 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 12
4 Flora 5 3 2 0 14 4 2 1 1 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 9 4 10 11
5 Legion 9 3 2 4 9 10 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 11
6 Trans 8 3 2 3 13 16 4 2 2 0 9 3 4 1 0 3 4 13 -3 11
7 Tammeka 5 2 1 2 7 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 6 6 -1 7
8 Tulevik 8 1 2 5 11 22 4 0 1 3 4 11 4 1 1 2 7 11 -11 5
9 Vaprus 6 1 1 4 5 13 2 0 0 2 2 5 4 1 1 2 3 8 -8 4
10 Kuressaare 8 1 0 7 5 17 5 1 0 4 5 13 3 0 0 3 0 4 -12 3

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.