Granada beat Mallorca 2:0 at the Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes in the Segunda División's second round of fixtures on Monday evening. The hosts moved top of the table with their second victory from three matches, while the visitors slipped to fifth place after picking up just their first defeat of the campaign.
P. Aleman opened the scoring in the twentieth minute, a moment that shifted the tempo of the game. Granada kept their composure through a patchy first half where Mallorca's Miguel Calatayud picked up a yellow card in the twenty-sixth. Gerard Gumbau went off on the other side of the interval, shown a caution in the forty-fifth minute before being replaced.
The second half brought a flurry of changes. Mallorca brought on Antonio Roca and Miguel Calatayud in the fifty-ninth, while Granada swapped in Sergio Rodelas and C. Onouha a minute earlier. The hosts doubled their lead in the eighty-first when Adrià Puigmal turned the ball into his own net, a moment that left Mallorca scrambling.
The statistics told a familiar story: Mallorca controlled possession at 61 per cent but offered little in attack. They registered thirteen shots but only four on target, while Granada's six shots on target from nine attempts proved decisive. Mallorca's goalkeeper made five saves to Granada's four, but the extra quality in front of goal was the difference.
The result puts Granada three points clear at the summit, having played the same number of games as Mallorca. The visitors sit on six points with a game in hand, though their opening loss to Mallorca's tally of seven raises questions about consistency away from home.
Granada's run of results — a draw followed by two wins — suggests they are finding their rhythm at the right time. Mallorca will need to address their finishing if they want to climb back into contention.
