National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kuressaare or Nõmme Kalju that keep their silverware dream alive.
9-8-9 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Nõmme Kalju when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 26 matches are 37-30 (scored/conceded).
Kuressaare and Nõmme Kalju should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kuressaare form and stats
Last season their Winter Tournament adventure ended in the group b.Kuressaare have collected 30 points from their Meistriliiga home games so far after 8-6-4.
The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw vs Trans in the Winter Tournament last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Before that one, a nice away victory at Tammeka. A Winter Tournament match.
The Kuressaare fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 18 league matches. Kuressaare have conceded 23 in these home matches.
Nõmme Kalju form and stats
They also participated in Winter Tournament last season. This ended in the group a.The story so far for the visiting team on their Meistriliiga travels is 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
Nõmme play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Tallinna Kalev.
Prior to that match, the Nõmme Kalju manager Koppel faced defeat when travelling to Paide and losing 0-1.Nõmme Kalju find the net regularly in their away games. 24 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. 19 goals have been conceded by Nõmme in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nõmme Kalju have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Kuressaare.Kuressaare missing players
Nõmme Kalju missing players
| Kuressaare | Nõmme Kalju | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 33 | 55 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 6.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | ||
| 13 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 94 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 73 | 97 |
| 2 | Levadia | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 74 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 49 | 79 |
| 3 | Paide | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 84 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 47 | 65 |
| 4 | Nõmme Kalju | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 29 | 65 |
| 5 | Kuressaare | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 50 |
| 6 | Tammeka | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 57 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -19 | 39 |
| 7 | Trans | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 43 | 58 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 36 | -15 | 38 |
| 8 | Tallinna Kalev | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 92 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 51 | -50 | 35 |
| 9 | Legion | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 82 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 48 | -48 | 22 |
| 10 | Vaprus | 36 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 32 | 96 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 45 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 51 | -64 | 11 |