After the first game it's Nõmme Kalju - Trans 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Meistriliiga game of the season?
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Trans's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Trans have performed like this: Played nine matches resulting in 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats with the goal stats 18-23 (scored/conceded).
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
The Nõmme crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Trans here at Hiiu staadion in a Estonian Cup match. Before that match, a Meistriliiga win away at Trans.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Nõmme as they have a new game in only four days, a Meistriliiga match thankfully also at home. Tulevik are visiting.
Last season, Nõmme Kalju's league statistics were 22 wins, 11 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Meistriliiga. Over these 36 matches they scored 79 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Nõmme Kalju managed 11-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 48 goals and 25 conceded.
Trans form and stats
It's the second away game in a row for Trans, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Nõmme Kalju (placed 5th) in the Estonian Cup last time out. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Nõmme Kalju.
A new game in only four days for Trans, the Meistriliiga home match versus Flora. Busy days.
Let's have a look at how Trans performed last season in the Meistriliiga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 28/22 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Trans - Nõmme Kalju 0-1. Nõmme Kalju-Trans H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nõmme Kalju five wins, Trans two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Nõmme Kalju missing players
Trans missing players
| Nõmme Kalju | Trans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Nõmme Kalju | Last season | Trans | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 79 | 48 | Scored | S | 28 | 57 | ||
| 34 | 25 | Conceded | C | 22 | 49 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 61% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 39% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 39% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 22% | ||
| 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 50% | ||
| 42% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 33% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 545 | 308 | Total Shots | T S | 255 | 408 | ||
| 228 | 128 | Shots on Target | S O | 98 | 154 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Flora | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tammeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Levadia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Nõmme Kalju | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Tulevik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Kuressaare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Trans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Legion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Tallinna Kalev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 110 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 10 | 89 | 90 |
| 2 | Levadia | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 98 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 66 | 78 |
| 3 | Nõmme Kalju | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 79 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 45 | 77 |
| 4 | Paide | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 78 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 48 | 74 |
| 5 | Tammeka | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 57 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 29 | -5 | 49 |
| 6 | Trans | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Tulevik | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 75 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 39 | -40 | 28 |
| 8 | Tallinna Kalev | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 89 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 49 | -60 | 24 |
| 9 | Kuressaare | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 87 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 63 | -63 | 23 |
| 10 | Maardu | 36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 30 | 118 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 60 | -88 | 17 |