Quique Setien's renovations as Real Betis coach continued with a 1-0 victory away to Girona on Thursday evening, moving Los Verdiblancos back into the top half of the table following their second win of the season.
Betis followed Real Madrid as the second team to beat Girona on their own soil this season, and Loren Moron's maiden strike of 2018-19 was sufficient to secure a first away win of the campaign for the hosts.
Real Valladolid clinched their first win of the season against 10-man Levante earlier on Thursday evening, when Enes Unal and Nacho Martinez netted a pair of quick replies to Sergio Postigo's opener for the Frogs.