In the Estonian Premium Liiga, FC Flora Tallinn secured a convincing 4:1 victory against Harju JK Laagri to move up to second place in the league table.
Heading into this match on a six-game unbeaten streak, with five of those being wins, FC Flora made one change to their starting lineup. Nineteen-year-old Robert Veering made his first start since March 8, when the team suffered their only defeat of the season against Parnu JK Vaprus. On the opposing side, Harju JK made two changes, welcoming back defender Sigvard Suppi to the starting lineup while Jako Kariste made his first start of the season.
Flora opened the scoring in the 21st minute with Tristan Teevali netting his first goal of the season, marking his debut goal for the club. However, Harju quickly equalized later in the first half, with Reinhard Reimaa scoring a beautiful header for his first goal of the season.
Flora regained the lead just four minutes later, as Nikita Mihhailov scored with his own header, sending both teams into halftime with Flora leading 2:1.
In the second half, Flora extended their lead with two more goals: Rauno Sappinen scored his fifth goal of the season, followed by defender Erko Tougjas netting his third. With this win, FC Flora moved up to second place in the league table, now sitting at 20 points after nine games, just two points behind leaders Levadia, who have one game in hand.
FC Flora Tallinn vs Harju JK Laagri – 4:1 (2:1)
Goals: Teevali 21′, Mihhailov 43′, Sappinen 74′, Tougjas 84′ | Reimaa 39′
Yellow Card: Kaevats 57′
FLO: Grunvald – Hussar, Tougjas, Veering, Tovstik (Kalmokov 85′) – Teevali (Valdmets 85′) – Kuraksin (Zenjov 63′), Mihhailov, Poom (Kalimullin 78′), Alamaa (Alliku 63′) – Sappinen
HAR: Baturins – Jarve, Kaevats, Kariste, Suppi (Antonov 61′) – Rudenko (Ennuste 86′), Roomussaar, Ribeiro (Kelement 70′), Reimaa (Kose 70′) – Piht (Kartau 61′), Eerme
# | Club | GP | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
1 | FC Flora | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 26 |
2 | FCI Levadia | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 25 |
3 | Nõmme Kalju | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
4 | Paide | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
5 | Narva Trans | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
6 | Harju JK | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 13 |
7 | Pärnu Vaprus | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
8 | FC Kuressaare | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
9 | Tammeka Tartu | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -18 | 7 |
10 | Tallinna Kalev | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -25 | 7 |