Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nõmme Kalju 3rd with 44 points, Nõmme United 9th with 25, 19 apart. Against a league average of 1.56 goals per team per game, Nõmme United ran at 1.62 scored and 2.35 conceded, Nõmme Kalju at 1.77 and 0.92.
Nõmme Kalju had gone 5 games without a win, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Nõmme United 0, draws 2, Nõmme Kalju 3, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
Männiku staadion, capacity 500, hosted the game. Nõmme Kalju led 3-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-3.
Goal scorers
Nõmme United: Ricky Chanda (21') · Nõmme Kalju: Tiago Baptista (20'), Oleksandr Musolitin (26'), Mihhail Orlov (45')
Key stats
Possession: Nõmme United 48% · Nõmme Kalju 52% · Total shots: 17-24 · On target: 1-8 · Corners: 8-7