Tallinna Kalev vs Kuressaare betting preview

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sat 28.November
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportland Arena (500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Meistriliiga, Tallinna Kalev holding 10th place and Kuressaare lying 9th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Tallinna Kalev has the fewest scored goals (18) in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare has the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Meistriliiga

It's no vacation for neither Tallinna nor Kuressaare as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Kuressaare's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Kuressaare have performed like this: Played eight matches resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 8-31 (scored/conceded).

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Tallinna Kalev form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Meistriliiga this season. Tallinna Kalev, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Meistriliiga, have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses from their games here at Sportland Arena.

Tallinna shared the glory with Trans in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Legion (0-2).

Tallinna Kalev have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Tallinna having conceded 37 goals here at Sportland Arena so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Kuressaare form and stats

There's been little loot from Kuressaare's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Meistriliiga. Kuressaare only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Kuressaare play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Legion. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Trans.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Kuressaare manager R. Kozhukhovskyi has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kuressaare - Tallinna 0-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Tallinna, two draws and three wins for Kuressaare. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

TallinnaH. Anier
H. Anier
10 goals
KuressaareS. Laht
S. Laht
6 goals
Tallinna KalevM. Kaljumäe
M. Kaljumäe
5 goals

Tallinna Kalev missing players

Kuressaare missing players

Tallinna Kalev Kuressaare
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 4 14 29
5 3 2 Won W 1 3 5
4 1 1 Drew D 2 3 8
20 11 1 Lost L 1 8 16
19 11 6 Scored S 2 11 27
67 39 4 Conceded C 2 26 62
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 93%
83% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 64% 76%
52% 53% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 55%
34% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 41%
17% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 21%
34% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 41%
17% 13% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 21% 17%
52% 47% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 48%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
152 94 32 Total Shots T S 44 145 271
63 38 17 Shots on Target S O 18 53 93
30% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 21% 26%
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • Kuressaare has the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Meistriliiga
  • Kuressaare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tallinna Kalev has the fewest scored goals (18) in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev has the most conceded goals (37) at home in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev has the most conceded goals (64) in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev has the most conceded goals in the first half (38) in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev has the the worst goal difference (-26) at home in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev has the the worst goal difference (-46) in Meistriliiga
  • Tallinna Kalev have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tallinna Kalev have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tallinna Kalev haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 26 23 2 1 64 16 13 11 2 0 28 5 13 12 0 1 36 11 48 71
2 Paide 27 20 0 7 70 30 14 11 0 3 38 17 13 9 0 4 32 13 40 60
3 Levadia 26 16 5 5 62 33 13 10 2 1 35 11 13 6 3 4 27 22 29 53
4 Nomme Kalju 27 14 7 6 48 19 12 5 3 4 15 11 15 9 4 2 33 8 29 49
5 Tammeka 27 8 7 12 30 41 13 2 4 7 12 21 14 6 3 5 18 20 -11 31
6 Tulevik 27 9 3 15 27 43 14 4 2 8 15 24 13 5 1 7 12 19 -16 30
7 Legion 27 6 7 14 21 42 14 3 3 8 10 24 13 3 4 6 11 18 -21 25
8 Trans 27 5 6 16 26 45 13 4 2 7 13 16 14 1 4 9 13 29 -19 21
9 Kuressaare 27 4 8 15 26 59 14 2 5 7 16 33 13 2 3 8 10 26 -33 20
10 Tallinna Kalev 27 5 3 19 18 64 14 3 1 10 11 37 13 2 2 9 7 27 -46 18

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.