Granada: Roberto; Nyom, Babin, Murillo, Juan Carlos; Foulquier, Iturra, Fran Rico, Piti; Córdoba (Isaac Success 69‘), El-Arabi. 4-4-2.
Valencia: Diego Alves; Barragán, Mustafi (Rubén Vezo 76’), Otamendi, Gayà; Dani Parejo, Javi Fuego, André Gomes; Feghouli (De Paul 72‘), Negredo, Rodrigo (Paco Alcácer 82‘). 4-3-3.
Goals:
0-1. 83. Negredo. Controlled De Paul pass and volleyed shot wide of Roberto.
1-1. 89. Success. Turned ball in to net after Diego Alves saved Murillo header.
Yellow cards: Gayà 08’, Foulquier 30’, Dani Parejo 30’, André Gomes 37’, Córdoba 40’, Fran Rico 69’, Diego Alves 76’, Juan Carlos 87’ / red cards: Paco Alcácer 86’.
Valencia drop four points behind fourth placed Sevilla after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Granada on Sunday, and after only picking up two points out of a possible twelve their campaign is starting to run out of steam. Negredo led the visiting attack once again, and he went close a couple of times before the break. Piti fired a shot over the top at the other end, and soon after the restart Foulquier turned another shot just wide. Negredo hit the post with an angled shot a few minutes later, and El-Arabi got the ball in the net only to be pulled up for a non-existent offside. With seven minutes to go Negredo finally got his first goal for his new club, controlling a short pass by De Paul before volleying a shot past Roberto. However soon afterwards substitute Alcácer was red-carded for an off-the-ball incident with Juan Carlos, and with a minute to go Isaac Success bundled the ball in to the net (this time from an offside position!) after an attempted punched clearance by Alves deflected off Foulquier. A tenth game in a row without a win for Caparrós’s side, although the point keeps them two above the drop zone for now.