First Division - Day 2

Las Palmas 5 - Granada 1

Las Palmas: Javi Varas; Michel Macedo, David García, Bigas, Dani Castellano; Roque Mesa, Vicente Gómez; El Zhar (Tyronne 80‘), Jonathan Viera (Araujo 73’), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Momo 55’); Livaja. 4-2-3-1.
Granada: Ochoa; Tito, Agbo Uche, Lombán, Gabriel Silva (Gastón Silva 32‘); Khrin, Sergi Samper (Barral 62‘); Isaac Cuenca, Boga, Luis Martins (Andreas Pereira 56‘); Ezequiel Ponce. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 23. El Zhar. Latched on to loose ball and poked angled shot past Ochoa.
1-1. 45. Boga. Collected Samper pass and cut across to shoot low past Varas.
2-1. 51. Boateng. Got in front of Ochoa to head Livaja centre into empty net.
3-1. 69. El Zhar. Ran on to Viera square pass and turned shot past keeper.
4-1. 72. Momo. Tap-in from close to goal after El Zhar crossed from right.
5-1. 85. Araujo. Controlled Viera cross and stabbed shot wide of keeper.

Yellow cards: Livaja 22’, Boateng 41’, Gastón Silva 63’, El Zhar 67’, Dani Castellano 77’, Roque Mesa 79’.

Las Palmas are the surprise new leaders of the first division, the Canary Islanders thrashing Granada 5-1 to go top of the table for the first time in 38 years! El Zhar latched on to a loose ball in the area to open the scoring midway through the first half, and after Ochoa had to save from the ex Levante and Liverpool forward, Paco Jémez made his first substitution. Boga made it all square with an impressive shot just before half time, but early on in the second half Boateng headed in a Livaja cross to restore the lead. With twenty minutes to El Zhar got his second of the night after Jonathan Viera set him up, and just three minutes later he set up substitute Momo for the fourth. Granada were in disarray, and Uche had to clear off the line from el Zhar before Viera put Araujo through to wrap things up.