Paide will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Nõmme Kalju.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
23 - 12 - 3 with 83-29. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Nõmme Kalju when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Nõmme Kalju play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Paide form and stats
Paide have performed here at Paide linnastaadion this season with 4 wins from 6 Meistriliiga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Paide are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
No payout for Paide in their previous match, an away game at Flora that ended in defeat 1-3. Heartbreak before that as Paide lost 0-1 at Trans's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Paide perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Paide as a small favourite), we find three games. Paide has won zero of these, drawn one and lost two.
A decent goal production from Paide in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
The strength of Nõmme Kalju, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Meistriliiga, on their travels this season is incredible with 16 points collected from 6 Meistriliiga away games. Nõmme Kalju has 5-1-0 on the road, with 16 goals scored and 1 conceded.
Nõmme have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marko Meerits. It's been 231 minutes since they last conceded in Meistriliiga.
Nõmme Kalju won their last game, 2-0 versus Tallinna Kalev played at home. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kuressaare.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Nõmme Kalju in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Nõmme Kalju, one draw and zero defeats.
Nõmme are a potent attacking force on the road with their 16 goals in 6 league games. Nõmme Kalju's manager M. Kristal has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nõmme Kalju - Paide 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paide two wins, two draws and Nõmme Kalju six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Luts 7 goals |   V. Khomutov 6 goals | K. Paur 6 goals |
Paide missing players
Nõmme Kalju missing players
| Paide | Nõmme Kalju | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 23 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 6.5 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 176 | 93 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 79 | 146 |
| 68 | 31 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 37 | 63 |
| 35% | 35% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 43% | 37% |
- All of Paide's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nõmme Kalju has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
- Nõmme Kalju has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Nõmme Kalju has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Nõmme Kalju has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Nõmme Kalju has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Nõmme Kalju has the most clean sheets (8)
- Nõmme Kalju has the most points (16) away
- Nõmme Kalju has the most scored goals (16) away
- Nõmme Kalju has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Nõmme Kalju have not yet lost a game away.
- Nõmme Kalju have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nõmme Kalju have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Nõmme Kalju have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Nõmme Kalju haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paide have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paide have scored in all their home 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 | Flora | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 31 |
| 2 | Nõmme Kalju | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | Levadia | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Paide | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Tulevik | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 6 | Tammeka | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -7 | 14 |
| 7 | Kuressaare | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 8 | Trans | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 9 | Legion | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 10 | Tallinna Kalev | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -24 | 8 |