First Division - Day 24

Espanyol 3 - Osasuna 0

Espanyol: Diego López; Marc Navarro, Oscar Duarte, Diego Reyes, Aarón Martín; Hernán Pérez (Reyes 73’), David López, Jurado (Marc Roca 64’), Piatti; Gerard Moreno, Caicedo (Melendo 89’). 4-4-2.
Osasuna: Sirigu; Oier, David García, Vujadinovic (Alex Berenguer 60’), Carlos Clerc; Jaime Romero (Fran Mérida 64’), Raoul Loé, Causic, De las Cuevas; Kenan Kodro (Unai García 32’), Rivière. 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 17. Caicedo. Got on the end of Hernán Pérez cross to head wide of keeper.
2-0. 46. Jurado. Low shot which deflected off defender after corner came to him.
3-0. 91. Gerard Moreno. Intercepted Causic back pass and lobbed shot over Sirigu.

Yellow cards: Rivière 24’, David López 24’, David García 25’, Alex Berenguer 71’, Fran Mérida 76’ / red cards: Oier 27’.

Espanyol are now four points below the European spots after the Catalans beat bottom club Osasuna 3-0 in the Sunday mid-day kick-off. The visitors started strongly, Diego López having to save from De las Cuevas, but with with a quarter of an hour gone Caicedo headed the opener from a Hernán Pérez cross. A few minutes later Gerard Moreno fell in the area, and although it appeared that Sirigu (if anybody) had brought him down, the referee sent off Oier and awarded a penalty. The Italian keeper saved Caicedo’s spot kick, but just a minute in to the second half Jurado made it two with a shot from outside of the area which took a slight deflection off Unai García. That wrapped things up, and with the game in injury time Moreno added a third after intercepting a poor back pass from Causic.