Granada: Andrés; Lombán, Babín, Ricardo Costa, Biraghi; Rubén Pérez (Krhin 72‘), Doucouré; Isaac Success (Fran Rico 73’), Rochina (Peñaranda 61’), Isaac Cuenca; El-Arabi. 4-2-3-1.
Levante: Diego Mariño; Jefferson Lerma, Medjani, David Navarro (Camarasa 46’), Lucas Orbán; Verdú, Verza, Simao, Morales (Rubén García 73‘); Rossi (Cuero46 ‘), Deyverson. 4-4-2.
Goals:
1-0. 25. Success. Ran on to long Rubén Pérez pass and steered shot past Mariño.
2-0. 35. El-Arabi (penalty). After Verza blocked El-Arabi header with arm in area.
3-0. 44. Rochina. Latched on to Success cross and struck low shot past keeper.
3-1. 82. Rubén García. Picked up long Verza pass and fired shot wide of Andrés.
4-1. 85. El-Arabi (penalty). After Peñaranda cross hit Orbán on hand inside area.
5-1. 93. El-Arabi. Collected Peñaranda through ball and rounded keeper to score.
Yellow cards: Rossi 15’, Verza 34’, Deyverson 42’, Rochina 57’, Doucouré 58’, Rubén Pérez 63’, Biraghi 63’, Simao 84’, 91’, Camarasa 84’, Lucas Orbán 84’, Diego Mariño 84’, El-Arabi 86’, Ricardo Costa 89’ / red cards: Simao 91’.
Granada thrashed relegation rivals Levante 5-1 on Thursday evening to stay a point above the bottom three. The Andalusians had the better chances before Isaac Success ran on to a long Rubén Pérez through ball to open the scoring midway through the first half. Deyverson fired a shot over the top in reply, but El-Arabi made it two from the penalty spot after the ball hit Verza on the arm, and Rochina got a third after Success set him up shortly before the break. After the restart Andrés had to save from Cuero, Verdú and Deyverson, and with eight minutes to go Rubén García got one back with a shot from outside of the area. However any hope of a comeback ended when El-Arabi converted a second spot kick after Peñaranda’s cross hit Orbán on the hand, and the Moroccan striker completed his hat-trick soon afterwards. The visitors ended with ten men after Simao picked up a second booking in injury time, and after results elsewhere went against them, they end the mid-week round of games back at the bottom of the rankings.