3rd position in the Meistriliiga table for Nõmme Kalju so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Paide visits Hiiu staadion.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
5-2-1 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Paide when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those eight matches are 15-7 (scored/conceded).
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
Nõmme Kalju have played three Meistriliiga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Happy days for Nõmme in their previous game, a Meistriliiga match away at Tallinna Kalev (placed 8th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Nõmme lost 1-2 at home to Flora.
As mentioned above, Nõmme Kalju "killed" Tallinna Kalev in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
This is expected to be a close game, with Nõmme Kalju perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nõmme Kalju as a small favourite), we find two games. Nõmme Kalju has won two of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Nõmme Kalju are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Nõmme Kalju's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paide form and stats
Paide have six points from their first three away games in the Meistriliiga, meaning two victories and a loss.
The supporters enjoyed Paide's previous game versus Trans (placed 10th), a Meistriliiga 2-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Tammeka.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager V. Zahovaiko when K. Piht scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paide playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Paide win, zero draws and two defeats.
Paide are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (11 goals from 3 away games). Paide struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Nõmme Kalju victories, three draws and one Paide win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Luts 6 goals |   K. Paur 5 goals | V. Khomutov 4 goals |
Nõmme Kalju missing players
Paide missing players
| Nõmme Kalju | Paide | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.9 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 4.4 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1.7 | 3 |
| 2.9 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | 30 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 56 | 117 |
| 38 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 30 | 51 |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 37% | 33% |
- All of Nõmme Kalju's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Paide's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nõmme Kalju has the fewest conceded goals (4)
- Nõmme Kalju has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Nõmme Kalju has the most clean sheets (5)
- Nõmme Kalju has the most scored goals in the first half (10)
- Nõmme Kalju has the the best goal difference (+13)
- Nõmme Kalju have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Nõmme Kalju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nõmme Kalju have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nõmme Kalju have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Nõmme Kalju haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paide have scored in all their matches so far.
- Paide have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | Flora | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Levadia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Nõmme Kalju | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | Paide | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Tulevik | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 6 | Tammeka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 7 | Kuressaare | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 8 | Tallinna Kalev | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -15 | 7 |
| 9 | Legion | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | Trans | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 2 |