Youssef El Arabi scored twice as Granada won 2-1 at Getafe to boost their chances of beating the drop and give Jose Ramon Sandoval a winning start as boss.
Granada responded to Thursday's home defeat to Espanyol by replacing manager Abel Resino with Sandoval and the former Rayo Vallecano coach could not have asked for a better start.
El Arabi opened the scoring from the penalty spot after a quarter of an hour and headed home on the hour mark to earn Granada victory after Pedro Leon had equalised on the stroke of half-time.