Sabadell saw off Olot 3-0 in a club friendly on Saturday evening. The visitors took control early and never looked back. Ramirez Carrasco opened the scoring from the spot before the break.
And here's the thing — that penalty came at just the right moment. By then Olot had already conceded a spot-kick to Ramirez Carrasco in the fifteenth minute. The hosts were still finding their feet when the visitors struck.
Priego doubled the advantage on the half-hour mark. Olot had managed forty-six percent possession but that meant little against a side that knew what they were doing. The visitors moved the ball with purpose.
The visitors extended their lead shortly after the restart. Ramirez Carrasco claimed his second of the night in the forty-eighth minute. By then Olot had lost Meddeb to a red card in the sixty-second minute, and the game was effectively over.
The statistics told the story of a match where Olot had their moments but couldn't convert. The hosts registered seventy-six attacks against eighty-six for the visitors. Possession was fairly even at forty-six to fifty-four percent, but the visitors were more clinical.
Sabadell's recent form suggested they were building something. They had drawn 2-2 with Girona just two days earlier and beaten Manresa 2-1 the week before. Olot, meanwhile, had won only one of their last five friendlies.