La Liga 2021-22: Last-Placed Levante Beat Elche 3-0, Register Third Win In League

Jose Luis Morales opened the scoring for Levante while Jorge de Frutos and Gonzalo Melero scored in the second half of the game.

Updated on: 26 February 2022 3:30 am

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Levante’s Jose Luis Morales broke the deadlock in the 37th minute against Elche in La Liga game.

Last-placed Levante defeated Elche 3-0 on Friday for its third Spanish league win. (More Football News)

José Luis Morales, Jorge de Frutos and Gonzalo Melero scored for the hosts, who moved within six points of safety ahead of the weekend matches.

Levante’s other wins were against Mallorca in January and at defending champion Atlético Madrid this month. It drew at Celta Vigo 1-1 in its last match.

Elche played a man down from the 73rd following a straight red card to midfielder Gerard Gumbau for a hard foul.

Elche, sitting in 13th place, had won four of its last six league matches, with the setbacks being a draw at league leader Real Madrid and a loss at second-placed Sevilla.