Meistriliiga: Two squads in pretty good form get together for this match. Paide with a slight edge with their 3rd position in the standings?
- Paide have not yet lost a game away.
Paide could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Estonian Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at FC Tallinn. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
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 5 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from six games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-2. You can compare this with overall results below.
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Meistriliiga numbers at home for Nõmme Kalju so far this season. Nõmme has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Frantsev and the players.
Nõmme haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 186 minutes ago. K. Paur scored that one.
Nõmme are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Flora.
Preceding that match was the home game against Kuressaare that was lost 0-3.A decent goal production from Nõmme in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Nõmme Kalju have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Paide form and stats
Paide's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Paide collect 26 points from their 12 away matches in the Meistriliiga. 7 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Tulevik game have they lost an away game, meaning Paide has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.
Two travels in a row for Paide, whose manager V. Zahovaiko could celebrate last time after the Estonian Cup win against FC Tallinn.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tammeka at their stadium, the result 5-2.The Paide manager V. Zahovaiko has got the team scoring on the road, with 25 away goals in 12 league matches. Paide are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the contenders met previously this season; Nõmme - Paide 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Nõmme victories, two draws and five Paide wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Anier 17 goals |   A. Tamm 7 goals |  P. Marin 7 goals |
Nõmme Kalju missing players
Paide missing players
| Nõmme Kalju | Paide | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 25 | 45 |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 75% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 71% |
| 58% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 33% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 54% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 58% |
| 21% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | 33% |
| 29% | 45% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11.7 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.1 | 13 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 14.2 | 14.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 30% | 28% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 31% |
- Paide have not yet lost a game away.
- Paide have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| 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 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 41 | 61 |
| 2 | Flora | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 43 | 52 |
| 3 | Paide | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Nõmme Kalju | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Legion | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Trans | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -14 | 28 |
| 7 | Tulevik | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 33 | -20 | 24 |
| 8 | Kuressaare | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 23 |
| 9 | Vaprus | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -51 | 15 |
| 10 | Tammeka | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -30 | 13 |