Overview
- Elche beat Girona 3-0 at the Martínez Valero, extending Girona's stay in LaLiga's bottom three after a bruising week.
- Goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga committed two costly errors, including an own goal from a Rafa Mir cross before another mistake allowed Mir to add a second.
- The loss followed Girona's Copa del Rey elimination and reinforced coach Míchel's call to focus fully on league survival.
- Espanyol crashed out of the Copa to Atlético Baleares of the Segunda Federación, a setback that coach Manolo González urged the squad to move past.
- Espanyol hosts Rayo Vallecano next, missing Puado but buoyed by three straight wins in the fixture and targeting important points at Cornellà.