Villarreal 2 - Las Palmas 0

Villarreal: López Vallejo; Galván, Quique Alvarez, Unai, Arruabarrena; Galca (Amor 86'), Cagna (Xavi Gracia 79'); Jorge López, Víctor (Craioveanu 79'), Calleja; Palermo. 4-2-3-1.
Las Palmas: Nacho González; Edu Alonso (Ramón 42'), Olías, Schurrer, Paqui; Carmelo (Orlando 70'), Alberto, Jorge, Pablo Lago; Rubén (Sequeiros 85'), Tevenet. 4-4-2.

Team changes: Villarreal: No change / Las Palmas: Edu Alonso, Alberto for Angel, Samways.

Goals:
1-0. 19. Arruabarrena. Header on edge of six yard box from Víctor corner.
2-0. 54. Jorge López. Shot in off Paqui after Palermo overhead pass.

Villarreal finally ended their run of six games without a win, beating Las Palmas 2-0 in the Madrigal stadium. Víctor Muñoz kept faith with the same starting line up and his players paid back his trust with a good performance, lead by an on-form Jorge López. Arruabarrena opened the scoring heading home Víctor's corner and Palermo could have added a second, shooting just wide twice and having a penalty claim turned down when substitute Ramón brought him down in the area.

The big striker set up Jorge López for the second goal early in the second half with a skillful overhead pass and Villarreal were home and dry. Las Palmas had only managed one effort at goal in the first hour, a header from Schurrer, and it was only when Fernando Vázquez brought on two more forwards near the end that they finally got close to López Vallejo's goal. This was the fifth defeat in a row away from home for the Canary Islanders, and the first time they had lost by more than one goal all season. They drop to fourteenth, only a point above Tenerife in the first relegation spot.