The Estonian Meistriliiga enters gameweek two this week, with several fixtures taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday. One of Wednesday’s fixtures sees Tallinn Kalev host Trans Narva in the country’s capital.
Both teams kicked off the new campaign with defeats, as Tallinn suffered a humiliating 8-1 home defeat against Paide, while Trans suffered a 1-0 home loss against Nomme Kalju.
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Стал известен обновленный календарь чемпионата Эстонии 2020!Чемпионат возобновится уже 19 мая. Ближайший матч «Нарва Транс» пройдет 20 мая в 19:00 на выезде с «Калевом».👉 Советуем болельщикам ознакомиться с обновленным календарем чемпионата: https://t.co/RLUtqssTA7 pic.twitter.com/oB4fkPr9sz
Tallinn finished last season in a poor manner, though, as they have now lost seven of their last nine matches in the top-flight of Estonian football. Defensive issues have plagued the home side of late in the Meistriliiga, as they have now conceded at least twice in seven of their last nine matches.
Their poor defensive displays have at least made their recent league games entertaining when it comes to goals scored. Ten of their last 12 league matches have produced over 2.5 goals.
Tallinn have struggled to pick up results on home soil in the top-flight of late, as they have lost 13 of their last 16 home league games. They have also kept just two clean sheets in those 16 matches on their own patch.
Trans Narva finished last team in good form, so the opening weekend defeat may have come as a slight surprise. The visitors have won four of their last five league outings.
They had also kept three straight clean sheets before the defeat against Meistriliiga. Those clean sheets have contributed to under 2.5 goals scored in their last four league matches.
Trans have been inconsistent on their travels of late in the league. They did win their last two away games of last season, though. Their most recent away games have been low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in three of their last four matches on their travels.
Forebet predicts that Trans Narva will get back to winning ways by recording a victory in a high-scoring clash.