First Division - Day 23

Rayo Vallecano 2 - Las Palmas 0

Rayo: Juan Carlos; Quini, Zé Castro, Diego Llorente, Tito; Trashorras, Raúl Baena (Dorado 64‘); Pablo Hernández (Piti 61‘), Jozabed, Bebé; Miku (Javi Guerra 83‘). 4-2-3-1.
Las Palmas: Javi Varas; David Simón, Aythami, Bigas, Dani Castellano; Roque, Valerón (Wakaso 60‘); Momo (Nauzet 71‘), Tana, Jonathan Viera (Araujo 81‘); Willian José. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 03. Miku. Forced ball over line after Varas and Bigas failed to stop Bebé shot.
2-0. 73. Bebé. Fired shot wide of keeper after Miku played on Jozabed centre.

Yellow cards: Llorente 27’, Raúl Baena 38’, Dani Castellano 44’, Miku 83’.

Rayo Vallecano beat Las Palmas 2-0 on Saturday evening, Miku scrambling the opener over the line early on after Javi Varas could only partly block a shot from Bebé, and Bigas slipped trying to clear. Juan Carlos had to save from David Simón and Willian José after that, but Jozabed fired a long shot off the crossbar, and Varas did well to keep out Miku and Llorente either side of half time. The game could have gone either way though until Miku played on Jozabed’s cross with his heel, Bebé on hand to fire home his team’s second. The win takes the Madrid based side out of the bottom three, now two points above the Canary Islanders, who themselves ended the day in the drop zone.