Meistriliiga prediction and preview: Nõmme Kalju modest favorites to beat Legion

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: EJL TNTK Staadion (500 seats)

This is football, this is Meistriliiga and this is Nõmme Kalju - Legion. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Meistriliiga this season. Nõmme Kalju have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at EJL TNTK Staadion.

The Nõmme supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mulgi in Estonian Cup and win 32-0. As mentioned above, Nõmme Kalju "killed" Mulgi in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Prior to that, an away loss at Levadia in the Meistriliiga.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nõmme have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won zero times, drawn zero and lost one.

Nõmme has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Nõmme have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Legion form and stats

4-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Legion in their Meistriliiga matches away.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 21-0 against Soccernet in their previous game. As mentioned above, Legion was the only team on the pitch versus Soccernet in their previous game, winning 21-0. This could be a tougher task.

A 1-1 draw at Kuressaare's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Legion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were two victories, zero draws and zero defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Legion's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Legion in these games.

Head 2 Head

Legion - Nõmme 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Nõmme Kalju victories, one draw and one Legion win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LegionN. Andreev
N. Andreev
7 goals
NõmmeA. Tamm
A. Tamm
6 goals
LegionK. Nesterov
K. Nesterov
6 goals

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Legion missing players

Nõmme Kalju Legion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 7 1 Played P 2 10 17
8 2 0 Won W 1 4 7
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
7 4 1 Lost L 0 4 7
31 10 0 Scored S 3 15 29
19 7 1 Conceded C 0 10 19
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 94%
65% 43% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 65%
53% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 47%
35% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
24% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 24%
53% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 53%
24% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 29%
29% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 24%
 
5.9 6.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 5.2
4.7 5.7 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.3 4.3
2.4 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.8 12.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.8 13.1
5.8 5.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.1 4.9
31% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 37% 35%
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • Legion have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 17 14 1 2 46 22 9 7 0 2 27 16 8 7 1 0 19 6 24 43
2 Flora 16 12 4 0 40 11 7 5 2 0 16 4 9 7 2 0 24 7 29 40
3 Paide 18 10 6 2 30 14 9 5 2 2 13 7 9 5 4 0 17 7 16 36
4 Nõmme Kalju 17 8 2 7 31 19 7 2 1 4 10 7 10 6 1 3 21 12 12 26
5 Legion 17 7 3 7 29 19 7 3 1 3 14 9 10 4 2 4 15 10 10 24
6 Trans 17 6 2 9 22 31 9 3 2 4 12 12 8 3 0 5 10 19 -9 20
7 Tulevik 18 5 3 10 24 41 9 3 1 5 14 18 9 2 2 5 10 23 -17 18
8 Vaprus 18 3 3 12 16 50 9 2 1 6 8 26 9 1 2 6 8 24 -34 14
9 Tammeka 17 3 4 10 21 34 10 1 3 6 9 18 7 2 1 4 12 16 -13 13
10 Kuressaare 17 3 2 12 15 33 10 1 2 7 11 23 7 2 0 5 4 10 -18 11

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.