Leader beat Pärnu II 3-0 in the Esiliiga on Saturday. The hosts opened the new season at home while both sides sat on zero points in the standings. The result moved Leader off the bottom and left Pärnu II still searching for their first win.
There were no minutes recorded for the goals, but the home side controlled the tempo from the start. Pärnu II struggled to find rhythm and spent much of the match chasing the game. Leader did not rush into attacks but picked their moments carefully.
By then the visitors had already shown a pattern from their recent run. They had lost five straight matches, scoring nothing in four of them. Against Leader they offered little in attack and looked exposed at the back. A straight knockout would have been kind, but the margin was clear enough.
The table tells its own story. Leader move up from sixth place while Pärnu II remain in fourth, though both stand on zero games and zero points still. The gap between them is not in points but in momentum. Leader have something to build on; Pärnu II have a long road ahead.
Three goals with no response gives the hosts a comfortable start. The goal difference now sits at plus three for Leader and minus three for Pärnu II. What they do next will matter more than this opening day.