One-sided contest expected as Nõmme Kalju welcomes Kuressaare

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hiiu staadion (2730 seats)

With their 23 point advantage in the league table, Nõmme Kalju fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Kuressaare.

The hosts Nõmme Kalju saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Celtic, was also a home game here at Hiiu staadion. The away team is better rested.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Kuressaare's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artificial turf have ended in 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses.

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

Nõmme Kalju are steadily winning games and points here at Hiiu staadion. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

The Nõmme Kalju fans got no joy from their last match, a Champions League game also here at Hiiu staadion: A 0-2 defeat against Celtic. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Celtic (0-5).

Everyone expects Nõmme Kalju to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 26 games: 19 home wins, 7 draws and 0 defeats. Nõmme Kalju have won with at least two goals margin 12 times in similar situations.

The Nõmme Kalju manager R. Kozhukhovskyi has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Kuressaare form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kuressaare, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Meistriliiga, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). five defeats in a row for Kuressaare in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Tammeka.

Kuressaare are travelling after their nice 12-1 home win in the Estonian Cup against JK Kadakas. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Levadia.

Kuressaare are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 27 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 5 wins, 3 draws and 19 defeats. Of the defeats, 15 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Kuressaare defense as they have conceded 32 goals in 10 away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Nõmme Kalju - Kuressaare 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nõmme Kalju 9 wins, 1 draw and Kuressaare 0 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Liliu
9 goals
M. Uggè
5 goals
S. Laht
5 goals

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Kuressaare missing players

Nõmme Kalju Kuressaare
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played 2 10 20
11 6 2 Won 0 1 4
7 2 1 Drew 2 2 5
2 2 0 Lost 0 7 11
34 21 10 Scored 1 6 12
17 14 3 Conceded 1 32 43
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 50% 90% 90%
70% 100% 100% Over 1.5 50% 80% 65%
45% 70% 100% Over 2.5 0% 70% 45%
30% 40% 67% Over 3.5 0% 50% 30%
25% 30% 33% Over 4.5 0% 50% 25%
40% 60% 67% BTTS 50% 40% 30%
50% 20% 33% Clean Sheets 50% 10% 25%
30% 20% 0% Failed To Score 50% 60% 55%
 
8.4 8.9 13.7 Corners For (avg) 4.5 3.6 3.3
3.3 3.7 2 Corners Against (avg) 9.5 8.3 8.5
1.9 2.1 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • All of Nõmme Kalju's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kuressaare have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Kuressaare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kuressaare have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nõmme Kalju have created more than twice as many corners as Kuressaare.
  • Nõmme Kalju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nõmme Kalju have scored more than double the goals of Kuressaare.
  • Nõmme Kalju have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Nõmme Kalju haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Nõmme Kalju
All Champions League Meistriliiga Europa League Estonian Cup Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-07-19 CL Nõmme Kalju 0 - 1 Skendija 79
16-07-19 CL Skendija 79 1 - 2 Nõmme Kalju
19-07-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 1 - 1 Paide
24-07-19 CL Celtic 5 - 0 Nõmme Kalju
30-07-19 CL Nõmme Kalju 0 - 2 Celtic
03-08-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 16:00 Kuressaare
08-08-19 EL F91 Dudelange 18:00 Nõmme Kalju
13-08-19 EL Nõmme Kalju 16:00 F91 Dudelange
18-08-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 12:00 Tulevik
21-08-19 EC Nõmme Kalju 16:00 Keila
Kuressaare
All Esiliiga Meistriliiga Estonian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
22-06-19 ME Levadia 5 - 0 Kuressaare
29-06-19 ME Kuressaare 1 - 1 Trans
05-07-19 ME Paide 6 - 1 Kuressaare
21-07-19 ME Kuressaare 0 - 3 Levadia
27-07-19 EC Kuressaare 12 - 1 JK Kadakas
03-08-19 ME Nõmme Kalju 16:00 Kuressaare
09-08-19 ME Kuressaare 16:00 Tallinna Kalev
13-08-19 ME Kuressaare 16:00 Flora
17-08-19 ME Maardu 13:00 Kuressaare
23-08-19 ME Kuressaare 15:45 Tammeka

  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 20 17 1 2 61 14 10 7 1 2 33 8 10 10 0 0 28 6 47 52
2 Levadia 21 16 2 3 67 15 10 6 2 2 35 8 11 10 0 1 32 7 52 50
3 Paide 21 13 4 4 46 16 11 7 1 3 27 7 10 6 3 1 19 9 30 43
4 Nõmme Kalju 20 11 7 2 34 17 10 6 2 2 21 14 10 5 5 0 13 3 17 40
5 Trans 21 6 8 7 30 27 11 2 4 5 14 16 10 4 4 2 16 11 3 26
6 Tammeka 22 6 5 11 29 37 11 2 4 5 11 15 11 4 1 6 18 22 -8 23
7 Kuressaare 20 4 5 11 12 43 10 3 3 4 6 11 10 1 2 7 6 32 -31 17
8 Tulevik 21 4 3 14 19 43 11 1 2 8 10 24 10 3 1 6 9 19 -24 15
9 Tallinna Kalev 20 3 4 13 16 50 10 2 0 8 7 26 10 1 4 5 9 24 -34 13
10 Maardu 22 3 3 16 16 68 10 2 2 6 9 28 12 1 1 10 7 40 -52 12

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