Rock-bottom Granada sack head coach Jose Ramon Sandoval

Sunday's 2-1 reverse at Los Carmenes was a fourth on the spin in the Primera Division and left Granada rooted to the bottom of the table, where they are four points from safety.

Sandoval, 47, managed to keep the Andalusians in La Liga last season but the club's board have opted to make a change with time quickly running out in the 2015-16 campaign.

A statement published on Granada's official website on Monday evening thanked Sandoval for his achievements and wished him luck in his future projects.

Reports in Spain suggest his replacement will be Jose Gonzalez, a former coach with Albacete, Cadiz, Cordoba and Murcia. He most recently worked as Gregorio Manzano's assistant at Beijing Guoan.