Leganés saw off Mérida AD 3-0 in a Club Friendlies fixture on Thursday evening. The hosts controlled proceedings from the outset, ending a barren spell with three goals across the opening forty-five minutes. To be fair, Mérida offered little in reply, and the visitors were reduced to watching from behind for most of the contest.
The breakthrough came in the twenty-seventh minute when Sule found the net. And here's the thing — it wasn't a solitary moment. Leganés worked a short corner, and Sule struck again just a minute later to put the home side 2-0 ahead. The visitors' defence switched off at the back, and Mérida had nothing to offer in response.
Coaching staff on both sides made changes to reshuffle their lines. Y. Kechta was brought on for Leganés in the thirty-eighth minute, while D. Gueye entered the fray for the hosts at the interval. Mérida responded with R. Fernandez at the sixty-eighth, but the game was already beyond reach by then.
The statistics tell the story without embellishment. Leganés held 63 percent of possession and registered 105 attacks compared to Mérida's 83. They earned three corners to the visitors' two, and the only disciplinary action was a yellow card for a Mérida player in the sixty-fourth minute. Sule completed his brace in the eighty-eighth minute.
For Leganés, this result follows a mixed run of friendlies, including a 2-1 win over Al-Sadd and a 0-1 defeat to Swansea. Mérida's recent form has been tougher still, with heavy losses to Al-Nassr and Benfica B. The scoreline and goal difference reflect a comfortable evening for the Spanish second-division side.