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First Division - Day 36

Granada 2 - Córdoba 0

Granada: Roberto; Nyom, Babín, Mainz, Juan Carlos (Foulquier 82‘); Rubén Pérez (Iturra 63‘), Javi Márquez; Lass, Piti, Rochina; El-Arabi (Córdoba 71‘). 4-2-3-1.
Córdoba: Juan Carlos; Gunino, Iñigo López, Deivid, Edimar; Krhin, Luso; Fidel (Fede Vico 62‘), Abel Gómez (Fede Cartabia 56‘), Borja García (Pantic 46‘); Andone. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 45. Mainz. Got free of markers to head long Piti free kick past Juan Carlos.
2-0. 69. El-Arabi (penalty). After Pantic bundled over Rochina inside the area.

Yellow cards: Iñigo López 09’, 30’, El-Arabi 25’, Rubén Pérez 58’, Krhin 65’, Pantic 68’, Fede Cartabia 79’, 79’ / red cards: Iñigo López 30’, Fede Cartabia 79’.

Granada beat the already relegated Córdoba 2-0 in the first match of Saturday afternoon to make it two wins in a row under new coach Sandoval. The home side dominated the game throughout, visiting keeper Juan Carlos having to save a Mainz header and a shot from Piti in the opening minutes. The visitors were left with ten men when Iñigo López picked up a second booking for a foul on El-Arabi with only half an hour gone, and Juan Carlos kept out Javi Márquez and then pushed a Babín header onto the post before Mainz got on the end of a long Piti free kick on the stroke of half time to head the locals into the lead. After the restart Rochina shot just wide of the post, and with twenty minutes to go El-Arabi made it two from the penalty spot after Pantic barged over Rochina in the area. A few minutes later Fede Cartabia was also sent off, and Córdoba are in danger of finishing the season with the lowest number of points on record after only clocking up two since the halfway stage of the season. Their neighbours though are close to saving themselves, although the final relegation spots may also depend on whether Almería win their appeal against FIFA’s three point deduction.