Flora Tallinn 2:3 Kuressaare: Match Result

Match report

Flora Tallinn met Kuressaare in the Meistriliiga Regular Season on 16 August, and the visitors left with a 2:3 win after a match decided by moments rather than possession. By then I had seen enough to know this would not end quietly. Visse opened the scoring for the hosts in the twenty-seventh minute, but Kuressaare turned the game around with four goals in quick succession. Andreas struck in the thirtieth minute, followed by Alamaa in the thirty-third and Jurisoo in the thirty-fourth before Alamaa added a second in the forty-eighth. And here's the thing—Flora never quite recovered from that collapse. The visitors held firm through a tight second half, weathering a flurry of yellow cards on both sides. Sinilaid, Tovstik, Kivi, Kolobov, Pihela and Zenjov all received cautions, while substitutions brought on Kuraksin, Visse, Vahermagi, Valdmets and Teevali as the game opened up. Flora dominated possession at 69 per cent and registered 176 attacks compared with Kuressaare's 104, yet the statistics told a different story. The hosts fired 22 shots with eight on target, while the visitors managed 12 shots with six on target. To be fair, efficiency mattered more than volume here. Flora sit second in the table with 45 points from 25 games, their 15 wins and 10 defeats leaving them firmly in the mix. Kuressaare remain ninth with 25 points, seven wins and four draws, but this result puts real pressure on their survival hopes. The visitors had won eight straight away games against Inter Escaldes and Laagri before this away day, while Flora's recent run included a 4:0 victory over the same Spanish side. What this match showed was that form can evaporate when the turning point arrives. Kuressaare moved three points clear of the relegation zone with this win, and Flora's title ambitions took a hit. By then the season had shifted on its axis, and everyone knew it.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 69 – 31

Shots on target 8 – 6

Shots off target 14 – 6

Attacks 176 – 104

🟨 5' I. Antonov — Yellow card ⚽ 27' A. Visse — Goal ⚽ 30' D. Andreas — Goal ⚽ 33' S. Alamaa — Goal ⚽ 34' T. Jurisoo — Goal ⚽ 48' S. Alamaa — Goal 🟨 51' S. Sinilaid — Yellow card ⇄ 54' D. Kuraksin — Substitution 🟨 56' S. Tovstik — Yellow card ⇄ 62' A. Visse — Substitution 🟨 65' A. Kivi — Yellow card ⇄ 71' J. Vahermagi — Substitution ⇄ 74' R. Valdmets — Substitution 🟨 76' M. Kolobov — Yellow card 🟨 82' O. Pihela — Yellow card ⇄ 83' T. Teevali — Substitution 🟨 88' S. Zenjov — Yellow card

Match events

5' 0:0 Flora Tallinn Yellow card I. Antonov
27' 0:1 Kuressaare Goal A. Visse assist: T. Jurisoo
30' 0:2 Kuressaare Goal D. Andreas assist: T. Jurisoo
33' 1:2 Flora Tallinn Goal S. Alamaa assist: T. Usta
34' 1:3 Kuressaare Goal T. Jurisoo
48' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Goal S. Alamaa
51' 2:3 Kuressaare Yellow card S. Sinilaid
54' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Substitution D. Kuraksin off: S. Tovstik
56' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Yellow card S. Tovstik
62' 2:3 Kuressaare Substitution A. Visse off: A. Kivi
65' 2:3 Kuressaare Yellow card A. Kivi
71' 2:3 Kuressaare Substitution J. Vahermagi off: S. Prunn
74' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Substitution R. Valdmets off: M. Kukkonen
76' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Yellow card M. Kolobov
82' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Yellow card O. Pihela
83' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Substitution T. Teevali off: R. Alliku
88' 2:3 Flora Tallinn Yellow card S. Zenjov

Statistics

69 Possession, % 31

8 Shots on target 6

14 Shots off target 6

176 Attacks 104

13 Corners 3

5 Free kicks 9

1 Offsides 1

5 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 14

29 Throw-ins 18

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