TALLINN (Interstat) — FC Flora U21 overcame two deficits at home and defeated visiting Nomme Utd U21 3-2 on Thursday, getting a stoppage-time winner from Karel Isok in a football match that produced five goals and a late turn. Nomme Utd U21 led twice, including at halftime, but FC Flora U21 answered on each occasion and then found the decisive goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time. The result gave the home side its first win in the competition and handed the visitors another narrow defeat.

Jonatan Saarnak gave Nomme Utd U21 the lead in the 2nd minute, finishing the earliest goal of the match. FC Flora U21 responded in the 17th minute when Marten Kukkonen scored to level the match. Lars Ossep restored Nomme Utd U21’s advantage in the 39th minute, sending the visitors into halftime with a 2-1 lead after a first half that featured three goals and repeated changes in momentum. The visitors’ lead at the break was their second of the opening period. Saarnak’s goal came before the match was two minutes old, and Kukkonen’s equalizer arrived 15 minutes later. Ossep’s goal came 22 minutes after Kukkonen’s and allowed Nomme Utd U21 to take a lead into the interval. The first half ended with Nomme Utd U21 ahead 2-1.

Artjom Jakovenko pulled FC Flora U21 level again in the 51st minute. The score stayed 2-2 for most of the second half, and the match moved into stoppage time with both sides still level. Isok then scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to complete the comeback and give FC Flora U21 the 3-2 victory. The final goal arrived after the match had passed the 90-minute mark and settled a contest that had been tied since early in the second half. Jakovenko’s goal came six minutes after halftime and erased Nomme Utd U21’s halftime cushion. Neither side scored again until stoppage time, when Isok converted the final goal. FC Flora U21 moved ahead for the first time only on Isok’s goal, and Nomme Utd U21 never trailed until that moment.

The key performances, in descending order of importance, began with Saarnak, who played 90 minutes and scored once for Nomme Utd U21. Ossep also played 90 minutes and scored once for Nomme Utd U21. Kukkonen played 90 minutes and scored once for FC Flora U21. Jakovenko played 90 minutes and scored once for FC Flora U21. Isok played 90 minutes and scored once for FC Flora U21. The five scorers accounted for all the goals in the match, with Nomme Utd U21 getting two and FC Flora U21 getting three.

Nomme Utd U21 entered the match after a 4-3 loss at Tartu JK Welco and a 1-0 home loss to Levadia U21. FC Flora U21 entered after a 0-0 draw at Maardu and a 2-1 home loss to FC Tallinn. Nomme Utd U21 had lost both of its previous matches in the competition and remained without a win after the late defeat. FC Flora U21 had opened with a draw and a loss before Thursday’s victory. The previous results left both teams searching for a first competition win of the season before the match.

The result left Nomme Utd U21 0-3 in the competition and 0-3 across all competitions. FC Flora U21 moved to 1-1-1 in the competition and 1-1-1 across all competitions. Nomme Utd U21 has three losses in the competition and three losses across all competitions. FC Flora U21 has one win, one loss and one draw in the competition and the same record across all competitions. The competition records and all-competitions records remained identical for each club.

FC Flora U21’s victory came after it had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 2-1 Nomme Utd U21 win, and Interstat’s ELO system had given Nomme Utd U21 a 68.5 percent probability to win. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 4.5.