Match Report
The table gap was wide: 29 points between Nõmme Kalju (4th, 47 pts) and JK Trans Narva (10th, 18 pts). Nõmme Kalju ranked just 8th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Nõmme Kalju 1.75 scored and 0.93 conceded per game, JK Trans Narva 0.75 and 2.29, with the league averaging 1.56.
Nõmme Kalju had lost five in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 8 Nõmme Kalju wins, 5 for JK Trans Narva, 3 draws, at 2.69 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings.
The match was played at Hiiu staadion (capacity 500). With 43 matches recorded and 1.3 yellow cards per game, J. Jakobson was the man in the middle. Nõmme Kalju led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Nõmme Kalju: Mattias Männilaan (12'), Ibrahim Jabir (90')
Key stats
Possession: Nõmme Kalju 41% · JK Trans Narva 59% · Total shots: 10-15 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 3-10