Evenly matched teams: Tulevik vs Legion match preview

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Competition: Estonia Meistriliiga
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Viljandi linnastaadion (1006 seats)

With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Tulevik fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Legion.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Estonian Cup. That game, against Nomme Kalju, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Legion.

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Tulevik form and stats

Tulevik's results here at Viljandi linnastaadion in the Meistriliiga have been very modest with 4 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Tulevik to get some points in this home game.

Tulevik haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. K. Saag scored that one.

The Tulevik fans got no joy from their last match, a Meistriliiga game also here at Viljandi linnastaadion: A 0-1 defeat against Tammeka (placed 5th). Heartbreak before that as Tulevik lost 0-2 at Levadia's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Tulevik perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tulevik as a small favourite), we find three games. Tulevik has won two of these, drawn zero and lost one.

The manager S. Post will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Paide in only four days.

Tulevik are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Legion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Legion so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Legion has drawn their two previous away games.

Before that, Legion secured a home win against Tallinna Kalev with the score 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Legion playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were zero Legion wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Legion as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, Legion rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Tulevik - Legion 0-2. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Tulevik wins - draws - Legion wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TulevikP. Marin
P. Marin
8 goals
LegionN. Andreev
N. Andreev
7 goals
TulevikK. Kask
K. Kask
4 goals

Tulevik missing players

Legion missing players

Tulevik Legion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 2 12 25
9 4 2 Won W 1 3 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 3 6
14 8 1 Lost L 1 6 13
27 15 8 Scored S 3 11 20
42 24 3 Conceded C 5 18 40
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
80% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 76%
52% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 42% 40%
24% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 28%
16% 23% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
40% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 36%
28% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 20%
36% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.9 2.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
200 112 50 Total Shots T S 21 118 231
94 55 23 Shots on Target S O 4 38 75
29% 27% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 26% 25%
Key stats in Meistriliiga this season:
  • Legion has the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Meistriliiga
  • Legion has the most matches under the total-line (15) in Meistriliiga
  • Legion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tulevik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tulevik 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 24 22 1 1 63 16 12 11 1 0 28 5 12 11 0 1 35 11 47 67
2 Paide 25 18 0 7 60 26 12 9 0 3 28 13 13 9 0 4 32 13 34 54
3 Nomme Kalju 25 14 5 6 47 18 12 5 3 4 15 11 13 9 2 2 32 7 29 47
4 Levadia 24 14 5 5 57 30 12 9 2 1 32 9 12 5 3 4 25 21 27 47
5 Tammeka 25 8 7 10 28 37 12 2 4 6 12 20 13 6 3 4 16 17 -9 31
6 Tulevik 25 9 2 14 27 42 13 4 1 8 15 24 12 5 1 6 12 18 -15 29
7 Legion 25 6 6 13 20 40 13 3 3 7 9 22 12 3 3 6 11 18 -20 24
8 Trans 25 5 6 14 23 37 13 4 2 7 13 16 12 1 4 7 10 21 -14 21
9 Kuressaare 25 4 7 14 23 52 13 2 4 7 15 32 12 2 3 7 8 20 -29 19
10 Tallinna Kalev 25 3 3 19 13 63 12 1 1 10 6 36 13 2 2 9 7 27 -50 12

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.