London, England (CNN) -- Espanyol continued their 100 percent home record on Sunday, beating Hercules 3-0 to move up to fourth in the table, one point ahead of Valencia.
Joan Verdu opened the scoring on 14 minutes and two late penalties, from Pablo Osvaldo and Luis Garcia, made sure of all three points.
Sevilla missed the chance to go ahead of Espanyol after they suffered their first home defeat of the league season, going down 2-1 to Real Mallorca.
Frenchman Michael Pereira opened the scoring for Mallorca in the 36th minute, but Brazilian international forward Luis Fabiano looked as though he stolen a point when he equalized with two minutes of normal time remaining.
But striker Pierre Webo struck the winner for the away side two minutes later.
The result means Sevilla are now seventh, two points off a top four Champion's League place, while Mallorca climb to eighth.
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