It's a brand new Meistriliiga campaign and Nõmme Kalju are impatient to get started here at Sportland Arena. Kuressaare are coming to town and this looks to be a spellbinding season premiere.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Kuressaare's everyday surface at their own pitch. When playing on artifical turf Kuressaare have performed like this: Played four matches resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats with the goal difference 5-10 (scored/conceded).
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
Last season, Nõmme Kalju's league results were 13 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 4th spot in the Meistriliiga. Over these 27 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 34. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Nõmme Kalju produced 5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 17 conceded.
Nõmme are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost one.
The manager Cardoso will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Paide in only four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Nõmme Kalju friendly games in pre-season: Nõmme Kalju played two friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Nõmme Kalju scored 3 goals and conceded 2 in these two games.
Kuressaare form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kuressaare performed last season in the Meistriliiga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 12/21 goals scored/conceded.
A new game in only three days for Kuressaare, the Meistriliiga home match versus Trans. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Nõmme victories, two draws and one Kuressaare win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Nõmme Kalju missing players
Kuressaare missing players
| Nõmme Kalju | Kuressaare | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nõmme Kalju | Last season | Kuressaare | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 57 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Conceded | C | 22 | 47 | ||
| 94% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 41% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 33% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 59% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 19% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 27% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.8 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kuressaare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Legion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Levadia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Nõmme Kalju | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Paide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Tallinna Kalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tammeka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Trans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Vaprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 78 |
| 2 | Flora | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 77 |
| 3 | Paide | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 62 |
| 4 | Nõmme Kalju | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 45 |
| 5 | Legion | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 40 |
| 6 | Trans | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -6 | 33 |