Getafe visited the Lluís Companys eighteenth on 1 point, in the third round.

Soriano scored on 87 and decided a match Getafe played with ten for the final half hour.

Laudrup brought on Granero for De la Red on 54 — he was sent off four minutes later — Manu del Moral for Kepa on 63 and Albín for Licht on 89.

Granero was sent off on 58, in his first match in LaLiga. Celestini saw yellow; for Espanyol, Zabaleta, Jarque, Torrejón, Àngel, Tamudo, Smiljanić and Soriano.

Muñiz Fernández refereed. Getafe dropped to nineteenth on 1 point.