Villarreal 2 - Mallorca 0

Villarreal: Diego López; Ángel, Fuentes, Godín, Capdevila; Cazorla, Bruno, Marcos Senna, Ibagaza (Pires 71'); Rossi (Cani 85'), Llorente (Guille Franco 63'). 4-4-2.
Mallorca: Aouate; Josemi, Nunes, Ramis, Corrales; Mario Suárez, Martí; Scaloni (Webó 46'), Jurado, Varela; Aduríz (Keita 85'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Villarreal: Fuentes, Marcos Senna, for Gonzalo, Eguren, / Mallorca: Josemi, Jurado, Varela, Aduríz for David Navarro, Cléber Santana, Webó, Arango.

Goals:
1-0. 29. Capdevila. Steered header down past Aouate from Ibagaza corner.
2-0. 33. Rossi (penalty). After Ramis pushed over Cazorla inside penalty area.

Yellow cards: Ramis 31'.

Fifth place Villarreal move up to within a point of Valencia after a 2-0 victory over Mallorca. Both goals came in a four minute period around the half hour mark, Capdevila heading in Ibagaza's corner and Rossi converting a penalty after Ramis fouled Cazorla. Diego López had to make important saves though either side of half time from headers by Aduríz and Webó to ensure a first win in six games for his side. Mallorca have now only picked up three points from their last eleven matches, and they drop further down in to the relegation spots as a result.