Legion and Nõmme Kalju meet at Kadrioru staadion, in a match for the 17th round of the Meistriliiga. the Legion won away by (1‑2) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 23‑05‑2020. Contrary to what would be expected, the record of recent head-to-head matches is favorable to the Legion, who in the last 1 matches won 1. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results at home and outside.
Legion :
The home team is currently in 9th position, with 13 points won, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Paide by (0‑3). In the last match, they won away against Tulevik by (0‑2). This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 8 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats as a visitor, with 28 goals scored and 16 suffered; against 7 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats in their stadium, with 47 goals scored and 16 suffered. The team comes to this match after a win away against Maksatransport by (0‑6). For the championship, the Legion won 3 points out of 21 possible, after 3 draws and 4 defeats in the last 7 games they played in their stadium.
For this competition, he has not won in his stadium for 7 games. In their home games there are some frequent results at half-time: 0‑0 (3 out of 7 games) and 0‑1 (3 out of 7 games). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive strength, and their attack needs to improve, since they did not score goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that tends to score first few times: it only opened the scoring in 4 of its last 16 games for the Meistriliiga, of these 4 it reached the break in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 3. In 16 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 9 times and never got the comeback.
The Legion won again on the last day, but that was not enough to get them out of the relegation playoff zone. The team needs to achieve a sequence of good results if it wants to dream of remaining in the elite. He knows that the difficulty of this day will be great, since he will face a team from the top of the table. However, it will only depend on whether you get a good result. Anyway, the difficulty will exist, but with a quality football you will be able to score.
Nõmme Kalju:
After 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the visiting team is currently in 2nd position, with 32 points won. In their last match, they beat Trans at home by (3‑0), after having drawn at home in the previous match, in a match against Tammeka, by (1‑1). This is a team that curiously has been stronger away than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss as a visitor; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in his stadium. In their last away match for this competition they lost by (2‑1) against Flora. In their last 8 away matches for the championship, Nõmme Kalju registers 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, for which they have won 19 points out of 24 possible. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 games in this competition, he only managed 1 comeback in the 5 games in which he conceded the first goal. In the last 18 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (16’ ‑ 30 ‘).
The Kalju is still firm and strong at the top of the table, so he has no intention of leaving this place. If you keep your pace of play, the tendency is for you to achieve good results and your goals. He knows that playing away from home is more difficult, but that does not mean that it is impossible to win. Therefore, if you play well, without errors and without leaving spaces, you can even add all three points.
