Nõmme Kalju vs Tallinna Kalev pre-match info: Away side will have a hard job at Sportland Arena

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Tue 02.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportland Arena (500 seats)

Nõmme Kalju are psyched for a new task after their 0-1 vs Levadia in the previous game. Tallinna Kalev are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Nõmme Kalju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nõmme Kalju and Tallinna Kalev.

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Nõmme Kalju form and stats

1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Meistriliiga numbers at home for Nõmme Kalju so far this season.

Nõmme haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 225 minutes ago. Šlein scored that one.

The Nõmme Kalju club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sportland Arena: A 0-1 defeat against Levadia (placed 1st).

Prior to that, an away loss at Kuressaare.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Nõmme Kalju home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Nõmme has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches.

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Tallinna Kalev form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Tallinna Kalev playing as the away team in the Meistriliiga this season.

Tallinna Kalev failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Kuressaare (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-3.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Trans's place.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Tallinna played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.

The travelling fans enjoy Tallinna Kalev's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Tallinna as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Nõmme Kalju have not lost in the last 29 fixtures (24-5-0) against Tallinna Kalev.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Tallinna Kalev - Nõmme Kalju 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Nõmme KaljuI. Subbotin
I. Subbotin
2 goals
Tallinna KalevR. Sillamaa
R. Sillamaa
2 goals

Nõmme Kalju missing players

Tallinna Kalev missing players

Nõmme Kalju Tallinna Kalev
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 0 5 9
3 1 0 Won W 0 4 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
10 5 0 Scored S 0 8 8
8 4 0 Conceded C 0 3 10
89% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 89%
78% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 78%
22% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 33%
11% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 22%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 44%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 44%
 
4.3 3.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 4.4
5.2 7.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.6 6.3
2.6 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11.1
4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.8 4.3
28% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 21%
 
9.9 10.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.6 13.7
3.7 4.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.6 5.9
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • Nõmme Kalju have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Nõmme Kalju have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nõmme Kalju have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Meistriliiga
  • Nõmme Kalju have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Meistriliiga
  • Nõmme Kalju have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Meistriliiga
  • Nõmme Kalju have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nõmme Kalju haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tallinna Kalev have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tallinna Kalev have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Tallinna Kalev have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Tallinna Kalev haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 9 7 2 0 21 3 4 3 1 0 13 2 5 4 1 0 8 1 18 23
2 Flora 9 6 2 1 25 7 5 3 1 1 14 3 4 3 1 0 11 4 18 20
3 Vaprus 9 4 3 2 9 11 5 2 2 1 5 5 4 2 1 1 4 6 -2 15
4 Nõmme Kalju 9 3 4 2 10 8 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 2 2 1 5 4 2 13
5 Kuressaare 8 4 1 3 11 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 3 0 1 6 4 0 13
6 Tallinna Kalev 9 4 1 4 8 10 4 0 1 3 0 7 5 4 0 1 8 3 -2 13
7 Paide 9 2 4 3 8 10 6 2 1 3 5 7 3 0 3 0 3 3 -2 10
8 Trans 9 2 1 6 6 16 3 1 0 2 2 4 6 1 1 4 4 12 -10 7
9 Tammeka 8 1 3 4 6 12 4 0 2 2 2 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 -6 6
10 Harju Jalgpallikool 9 0 1 8 7 23 5 0 0 5 5 11 4 0 1 3 2 12 -16 1

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.