First Division - Day 17

Deportivo 1 - Osasuna 0

Deportivo: Aranzubia; Manuel Pablo, Lopo, Colotto, Filipe Luis; Sergio (Iván Pérez 65'), Antonio Tomás; Pablo Alvarez (Valerón 59'), Juan Rodríguez, Guardado (Juan Domínguez 73'); Adrián. 4-2-3-1.
Osasuna: Ricardo; Azpilicueta, Josetxo, Miguel Flaño, Monreal; Juanfran (Rúper 69'), Nekounam, Puñal, Camuñas; Aranda (Jorge Galán 62'), Pandiani (Masoud 62'). 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 49. Juan Rodríguez. Controlled Guardado pass and scored with shot on turn.

Yellow cards: Juan Rodríguez 54', Lopo 78', Colotto 90' / red cards: Nekounam 66'.

Deportivo took advantage of the defeats of Sevilla and Mallorca to move up in to the champions league spots after a 1-0 win over Osasuna. The Galicians have only scored twenty goals in their seventeen games though, with nobody scoring more than twice, and once again a single strike was enough to take the three points, Juan Rodríguez picking up Guardado's pass and beating Ricardo with a shot on the turn four minutes in to the second half. The visitors were left with ten men when Nekounam was sent off for a foul on Guardado, and the closest they came to scoring was when Filipe almost put through his own net late on.