Narva U21 moved up to second place in the Esiliiga B with a 3-1 victory over Legion at the Regular Season - 22 fixture on August 9th. The visitors had already looked sharp in their recent run, beating Tallinna Kalev II 5-0 before this one. Legion, sitting in tenth with just twelve points from twenty-six games, simply couldn't match that momentum.
K. Miranda da Silva opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the forty-first minute, giving his side a lead they'd be defending for the next fifteen. He doubled it shortly after the break, the fifty-third minute, and by then Legion were already looking for a way back into this.
M. Kolodchuk pulled one back for the hosts in the fifty-eighth minute, and for a moment you could see hope stirring. But S. Burjanadze put the result beyond doubt with a goal in the sixty-sixth minute, and Legion were staring at another defeat.
By then the table told its own story. Narva U21 sat second with fifty-one points from sixteen wins, three draws and seven losses. Legion's twenty defeats from twenty-six matches meant they were still searching for consistency, and this result only widened the gap.
What stood out was the difference in quality between the two sides. Narva had won four of their last five, while Legion's only recent victory came against Jõhvi FC. The visitors never got out of second gear, and Legion never really got going.