Nõmme United 1:3 Paide: Meistriliiga Match Result — Sportpul

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Meistriliiga

Nõmme United LWLWLL

1:3

Finished

Kick-off was 19 Sep, 15:00 BST

Paide WLWLWW

Venue: Männiku staadion City: Tallinn

In the Meistriliiga game on 19 September 2026, Paide beat Nõmme United 1:3. Match numbers: shots on target 5:9, corners 3:8.

Match report

Paide secured a 3-1 win away to Nõmme United in the Meistriliiga's 29th round on Saturday afternoon. The result leaves both sides on 28 and 48 points respectively after 28 games each, though Paide sit third while their hosts languish in ninth. It was a match that unfolded with pauses rather than pressure, and here's the thing — the turning point came not from sustained attack but from a single moment of clarity.

M. Miller gave Paide the lead in the twentieth minute, and from then on the visitors looked comfortable rather than threatened. Nõmme United made three substitutions before the break — H. Anier, M. Miil, and N. Vassiljev — which suggested unease rather than a tactical shift. To be fair, the hosts had 43 per cent possession and 83 attacks, but possession without penetration is just movement.

Paide doubled their advantage through I. Krasnov in the fifty-ninth minute, and the game opened up further when H. Ojamaa converted a penalty in the seventy-fourth. By then Nõmme United had already shown they could respond; J. Palacios pulled one back in the eighty-first, though it felt more like a consolation than a statement. The hosts had five shots on target to Paide's nine, but shots on target mean nothing without purpose.

The statistics tell a straightforward story. Paide registered 114 attacks against 83, won eight corners to three, and kept clean sheets on cards while their opponents collected two yellows. They cut through Nõmme United's structure at will in the second half, and when the hosts sat deep to soak it up, Paide simply waited for the mistake. They made the difference when it mattered, and that is what separates teams at this level.

Paide now move within sight of the top two, and every point counts when the gap sits at twenty. Nõmme United's losses mount — they have dropped eighteen of twenty-eight games — and the distance from safety grows with each defeat. The hosts will need to find a way to turn possession into something more than numbers on a page.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 43 – 57.00

Shots on target 5 – 9

Shots off target 11 – 7

Attacks 83 – 114

⚽ 20' M. Miller — Goal ⇄ 43' H. Anier — Substitution ⇄ 46' M. Miil — Substitution ⇄ 56' N. Vassiljev — Substitution ⚽ 59' I. Krasnov — Goal ⇄ 66' T. Evans — Substitution ⇄ 67' K. Kait — Substitution ⇄ 67' Daniel Cabral — Substitution 🟨 69' Z. Beglarishvili — Yellow card ⚽ 74' Goal ⚽ 74' H. Ojamaa — Penalty ⇄ 77' D. Luts — Substitution ⚽ 81' J. Palacios — Goal ⇄ 86' Z. Beglarishvili — Substitution ⇄ 86' A. Torres — Substitution 🟨 90' Yellow card 🟨 90+1' Yellow card

Match events

20' Paide Goal M. Miller assist: J. Palacios
43' Paide Substitution H. Anier off: K. Piht
46' Nõmme United Substitution M. Miil off: A. Truuvaart
56' Nõmme United Substitution N. Vassiljev off: I. Krasnov
59' Nõmme United Goal I. Krasnov
66' Nõmme United Substitution T. Evans off: K. Matas
67' Paide Substitution K. Kait off: H. Ojamaa
67' Paide Substitution Daniel Cabral off: H. Ojamaa
69' Nõmme United Yellow card Z. Beglarishvili
74' Paide Goal
74' Paide Penalty H. Ojamaa
77' Paide Substitution D. Luts off: S. Luts
81' Paide Goal J. Palacios
86' Nõmme United Substitution Z. Beglarishvili off: E. Ounapuu
86' Nõmme United Substitution A. Torres off: O. Dacosta
90' Paide Yellow card
90+1' Nõmme United Yellow card

Statistics

43 Possession, % 57.00

5 Shots on target 9

11 Shots off target 7

83 Attacks 114

3 Corners 8

2 Yellow cards 0

0 Red cards 0

11 Goal kicks 8

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

Match prediction: Nõmme United — Paide

Win: Paide

Confidence 45%

Reasoning

Нымме Юнайтед — 9. place, 28 points after 28 games (9 wins, 1 draws, 18 losses)
Пайде — 3. place, 48 points after 28 games (14 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses)
Нымме Юнайтед, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses
Пайде, last 5 games: 3 wins, 2 losses
Head-to-head: 8 games, Нымме Юнайтед — 0, Пайде — 8

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Match information

State: Finished
Series: Meistriliiga
Venue: Männiku staadion
City: Tallinn
Kick-off: 19 Sep, 15:00 BST

Key numbers

43:57.00 Possession, %
5:9 Shots on target
11:7 Shots off target
83:114 Attacks

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	FC Levadia	29	22	6	1	72
2	Flora Tallinn	29	18	1	10	55
3	Paide	29	15	6	8	51
4	Kalju Nõmme	29	15	5	9	50
5	Tammeka	29	14	2	13	44
6	Laagri	29	11	2	16	35
7	Vaprus	29	10	4	15	34
8	Kuressaare	29	8	5	16	29
9	Nõmme United	29	9	1	19	28
10	Trans Narva	29	5	4	20	19

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