Estonia round-up: Levadia Maardu lose again

FC Levadia Maardu lost more ground at the top of the Meistriliiga table as they suffered a 4-1 defeat at home to JK Tulevik Viljand in the latest round of matches.

Fourth straight defeat
Levadia Maardu remained in third place despite a fourth consecutive league defeat. Despite serious injury problems, the visitors took the lead in the seventh minute when 18-year-old striker Sander Post headed into the net.

Emphatic victory
Viktor Alonen doubled the lead with a powerful shot, before further strikers from Aleksandr Dubõkin and Marius Dovydenas sealed the victory. Tulevik goalkeeper Kert Küttsaved a penalty from Maksim Rõtškov late in the second half, but the Levadia Maardu midfield player was successful with a second penalty two minutes into added time, although the goal was little consolation for the home side, who finished the match with ten men after the dismissal of Vitali Leitan.

Wins for top two
The top two in the table both recorded solid victories, with FC Flora maintaining a two-point advantage at the top with a 3-0 win at home to FC Levadia Tallinn. All the goals came in a 12-minute spell just before half-time, with Joel Lindpere opening the scoring with a low shot in the 34th minute. Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko extended the lead five minutes later with a virtually identical strike, and the same player then won a penalty which was converted by Tor Henning Hamre.

Early strikes
Second-placed FC TVMK Tallinn stayed in touch at the top with a 4-0 win away to FC Kuressaare, and led 2-0 inside the first 12 minutes, with Liivo Leetma and Ingemar Teever both finding the net. Andrei Borissov added the third just before the break and Leetma completed scored his second four minutes from time.