Levadia ran riot against Tammeke in the Meistriliiga's twentieth round, securing a comprehensive 6-0 victory at home on Wednesday evening. The title contenders made no mistake from the opening whistle, with their attacking trio finding the net at regular intervals throughout the match. To be fair, Tammeke had nothing to do all evening, their defensive structure crumbling under sustained pressure from the league leaders.
And here's the thing — Levadia didn't need to go hunting for a second goal. Kutateladze opened the scoring in the twenty-second minute, then Wendell doubled the advantage seven minutes later before Ainsalu completed the first-half scoring at the forty-minute mark. By then, Tammeke's goalkeeper had faced three clear-cut chances and could only watch as the ball found the net each time.
The second half brought Joao Pedro's fifth goal of the campaign in the fifty-seventh minute, followed by a wave of substitutions from both managers. Tammeke brought on three players within the space of ten minutes, trying to arrest the momentum, while Levadia made their own changes to rest the key attackers. Thomas Lisboa received a yellow card before being substituted himself at the seventy-minute mark.
Kutateladze completed his brace with a second goal in the seventy-eighth minute, bringing his tally to two for the match. Tammeke pulled one back through Skvortsov in the eighty-fifth minute, but the consolation came too late to change the narrative. Levadia closed the game out with their final substitutions, bringing on Kutateladze, Wendell, and Ainsalu to see out the victory.
The statistics tell the story of a one-sided encounter. Levadia enjoyed 55 per cent possession and registered nine shots on target compared to Tammeke's single attempt on goal. The hosts managed only three corners to their guests' nine, while the attack count showed 167 moves against 134 for Tammeke. Efficiency was the difference — nine shots on target produced five goals for Levadia.
The result extends Levadia's grip on the top of the table, where they sit on 68 points from 27 games with just one defeat to their name. Tammeke remain in fifth place with 44 points, their recent form showing a mixed bag of results including a 3-1 win over Kuresaare before this heavy defeat. The gap between the two sides is now twenty-four points, and the remaining fixtures will determine whether Levadia can seal the title this season.
