Meistriliiga match preview and statistics: Nõmme Kalju fight Paide

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: EJL TNTK Staadion (500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Nõmme Kalju have their presumed home advantage while Paide are ahead 8 points in the Meistriliiga table.

Insights:
  • Nõmme Kalju have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Paide have not yet lost a game away.

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

It should be mentioned that Paide play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Paide on artifical turf are 6 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 13-2. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

Nõmme Kalju have played 5 Meistriliiga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Nõmme Kalju enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Trans's place. The match ended 2-1 with P. Marin and V. Avilov scoring. Ahead of that match, Nõmme lost 1-2 at home to Flora.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nõmme as they are travelling to their away game against Vaprus in the Meistriliiga. That match is three days after this one.

The Nõmme fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Nõmme Kalju's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paide form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Paide playing as the away team in the Meistriliiga this season.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Kuressaare that ended 2-2.

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

Paide have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. It's not easy to score on Paide as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Paide - Nõmme 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nõmme won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Paide has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

PaideH. Anier
H. Anier
10 goals
NõmmeV. Avilov
V. Avilov
3 goals
Nõmme KaljuA. Tamm
A. Tamm
3 goals

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Paide missing players

Nõmme Kalju Paide
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
5 1 0 Won W 0 3 7
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
5 4 2 Lost L 0 0 1
14 5 1 Scored S 1 11 21
10 6 3 Conceded C 1 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 60%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 40%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 60%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
30% 60% 50% 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
2.4 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 12.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 15 14.3
4.9 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.4 5.9
29% 18% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 36%
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • Nõmme Kalju have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nõmme Kalju haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paide have not yet lost a game away.
  • Paide have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paide have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nõmme Kalju have scored home.
  • Paide have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Paide 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 Levadia 10 8 1 1 25 12 5 4 0 1 16 10 5 4 1 0 9 2 13 25
2 Paide 10 7 2 1 21 8 5 4 0 1 10 4 5 3 2 0 11 4 13 23
3 Flora 7 5 2 0 18 6 3 2 1 0 7 1 4 3 1 0 11 5 12 17
4 Nõmme Kalju 10 5 0 5 14 10 5 1 0 4 5 6 5 4 0 1 9 4 4 15
5 Trans 10 4 2 4 16 19 6 3 2 1 12 6 4 1 0 3 4 13 -3 14
6 Legion 10 3 2 5 10 12 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 1 1 3 5 7 -2 11
7 Tammeka 8 2 1 5 9 13 4 0 1 3 2 5 4 2 0 2 7 8 -4 7
8 Kuressaare 10 2 1 7 8 19 6 1 1 4 7 15 4 1 0 3 1 4 -11 7
9 Tulevik 9 1 2 6 12 26 4 0 1 3 4 11 5 1 1 3 8 15 -14 5
10 Vaprus 6 1 1 4 5 13 2 0 0 2 2 5 4 1 1 2 3 8 -8 4

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.