Celta 0 - Espanyol 2

Celta: Pinto; Angel, Tamas, Contreras, Areias; Oubiña, Iriney (Jonathan Aspas 64'); Jorge (Nené 52'), Guayre (Gustavo López 46'), Canobbio; Bamogo. 4-2-3-1.
Espanyol: Kameni; Chica, Torrejón, Lacruz, David García (Velasco 72'); Rufete, Moisés Hurtado (Ito 72'), De la Peña, Moha (Riera 82'); Luis García, Pandiani. 4-4-2.

Team changes: Celta: Areias, Jorge, Guayre, Bamogo for Placente, Gustavo López, Nené, Baiano / Espanyol: Lacruz, David García, Rufete, Moisés Hurtado, De la Peña, Moha, Pandiani for Velasco, Jarque, Corominas, Edu Costa, Jonatas, Riera, Tamudo.

Goals:
0-1. 23. Luis García. After Tamas could only clear De la Peña shot to his feet.
0-2. 56. Pandiani. Connected with Rufete cross to poke shot wide of Pinto.

Espanyol returned to the top half of the table with a 0-2 win against struggling Celta on a rainy night in Galicia. Luis García took advantage of some poor defending to put the Catalans ahead before half time, picking up a loose ball after De la Peña's shot was only partly cleared. Moha had a couple of chances after that, but otherwise the locals had the larger part of the play, and Kameni had to keep out a Canobbio header shortly before the break.

A quick counter attack wrapped things up after the break though, Rufete connecting with Moha's cross to play the ball in for Pandiani to poke a shot wide of Pinto. Celta had a couple of opportunities after that, Gustavo López firing over, Jonathan testing Kameni and Bamogo also trying his luck. But when Tamas was sent off for a second bookable offence it was all over, and with his side in the bottom three after eleven games without a win, local coach Fernando Vázquez may soon be looking for a new job.