Eibar 2 - 1 Espanyol: Eibar extend Primera Division winning streak against Espanyol

Eibar boosted their European hopes by beating Espanyol for a third consecutive Primera Division win.

Borja's penalty 16 minutes from time sealed the 2-1 victory to move Eibar to within a point of sixth-placed Sevilla.

Takashi Inui had given Eibar a 15th-minute lead but it was quickly cancelled out by Joan Jordan, who scored Espanyol's first away league goal for two months.

Eibar were the better side in the early stages and Borja might have given them the lead in the 11th minute when he was set up by Inui but he could not direct his shot on target.

Inui took matters into his own hands four minutes later and it proved emphatically the right decision as, with Espanyol's defence standing off, he curled the ball into the top corner from the edge of the area.

But in the 22nd minute Eibar were pegged back by Jordan's first Primera Division goal. A neat turn on the edge of the box gave him the space for a shot that deflected past Asier Risego.

Eibar should have taken the lead with the final kick of the half as a sweeping cross from Antonio Luna found Borja on the edge of the six-yard box but he stabbed the ball wide.

It was Espanyol's turn to come close in the 64th minute, and Hernan Perez was desperately unlucky to see his long-range shot hit the post.

Sergi Enrich then missed a golden chance for Eibar but Borja made no mistake from the spot in the 74th minute after Javi Lopez had fouled Inui.

Borja should have put the game to bed with five minutes left but was denied by a good save from Pau.