Getafe hosted Espanyol with 17 points in a direct duel between teams in the lower reaches, and the match started at full speed.

Joselu scored the 0-1 in the 6th minute and Ünal responded in the 7th, with the equaliser restored almost immediately.

The breakthrough came in the 62nd, with Puado sealing the 1-2 that would prove decisive.

Quique made a triple change at half-time with Munir, Juan Iglesias and Gastón Álvarez, and added Latasa and Villar, without finding the equaliser.

Domingos Duarte and Gastón Álvarez saw yellow. Figueroa Vázquez was the referee. Getafe remain with 17 points.