Eibar beat Arenas Geco 5:0 in a Club Friendlies match on Friday. The hosts opened their account early, with Pejiño finding the net in the second minute. Two goals from Javier Martón Ansó followed within minutes of each other, and the pattern held throughout. The final tally came courtesy of a Jon Bautista strike deep into stoppage time.
By then the match had settled into a rhythm the visitors could not disrupt. Arenas Geco earned fourteen free kicks compared to nine for the hosts, but those opportunities never translated into pressure. The away side managed just one corner, while Eibar accumulated nine. The imbalance showed in the way the game unfolded.
The statistics tell the story of a match decided in moments. Five goals from the hosts against a single shot from the opposition would suggest chances went begging. The visitors' nine goal kicks versus six for Eibar hinted at how often they were forced to clear. It is easy to say one team dominated, but the figures confirm it.
Eibar arrive in this fixture on the back of mixed results. They beat Real Sociedad B 1:0 on the eve of this match, after a 2:2 draw with Athletic Club. Those recent outings suggest a side finding its feet, and a 5:0 scoreline does not read as a fluke. Arenas Geco, meanwhile, have not won since beating Mutuilvera 3:0 in August last year.
The gap between the two sides in this friendly was never going to close. Eibar took an early lead and never looked back. The visitors spent most of their time defending, and even when they won possession they had nowhere to take it. A fifth-minute flurry from Ansó set the tone, and nothing changed after that.