Mallorca 0 - Valencia 2

Mallorca: Lux; Héctor, Ballesteros, Nunes, Fernando Navarro; Basinas (Castro 70'), Borja Valero; Jonás Gutiérrez (Víctor 82'), Ibagaza, Arango; Güiza. 4-2-3-1.
Valencia: Hildebrand; Caneira, Alexis (Miguel 04'), Iván Helguera, Moretti; Albelda, Manuel Fernandes; Joaquín (Arizmendi 83'), David Silva, Vicente (Angulo 73'); Morientes. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Mallorca: Lux, Héctor, Ballesteros, Basinas, Jonás Gutiérrez, Ibagaza for Moyà, Molinero, David Navarro, Pereyra, Varela, Tuni / Valencia: Caneira, Alexis, Manuel Fernandes, Vicente for Miguel, Raúl Albiol, Gavilán, Angulo.

Goals:
0-1. 45. Morientes. Turned ball in on far post after Lux misread Miguel cross.
0-2. 64. Morientes. Connected with Silva cross to steer shot wide of keeper.

Valencia bounced back from their midweek upset against Real Madrid to beat Mallorca 0-2 and move back up to the Champions League spots. With new coach Ronald Koeman still not ready to take over, caretaker Oscar Fernández was in charge for the last time before returning to the B team. But for most of the first half his side couldn't get going, the only chances a couple of efforts by Ibagaza and Jonás for the locals.

With the first half coming to an end though Miguel (who had come on for the injured Alexis) floated over a cross which local keeper Lux misread, and Morientes was there to turn the ball in to the empty net. Mallorca came out strongly after the break, with Jonás shooting straight at the keeper and Güiza wasting a couple of chances, but with just over an hour gone Morientes was there again to get on the end of David Silva's cross and score his second of the night.

After that Hildebrand was called upon to keep out efforts from Arango and Güiza, and Héctor fired a late chance wide. But Valencia had won it with the minimum of efforts, and Mallorca's run of four games without defeat had come to an end.